Determined to follow her dream, she dragged her parents to the court, where they realised their mistake.
Rubina Khan is sorry she had no option.
JAIPUR: A 19-year-old girl in Rajasthan wanted to study further, but her parents confined her to the house. Determined to follow her dream, she dragged her parents to the court, where they realised their mistake.
“I wanted to study, but my parents compelled me to do household work and were planning to get me married. When I resisted, they beat me up and kept me in captivity for over a month,” said Rubina Khan, who passed her Class 12 exam this year and wants to take admission in a college. Not willing to forsake her desire, Rubina wrote a letter to the Rajasthan High Court and the director general of police.
Acting on the letter, the police conducted a raid at her residence and rescued her. “We found the girl locked in a room. After we set her free, she said she wanted to come along with us to the police station, where she narrated her story,” said investigating officer Rajendra Singh. The police registered a case against her parents and handed her over to her relatives in the Brahmpuri area.
Rubina’s parents told the police that she was not good at her studies but still they had sought admission for her in a college. She was rejected as she did not have the required marks, they maintained. The case was also taken up by the high court, which ordered that all the arrangements be made for her study. “The parents felt sorry in the court and the girl said she wanted to go back to her parents’ house,” said Singh. “We are taking reports about the girl from her parents every day and things are okay now,” he added. Rubina said: “I am feeling very sorry that I took my parents to the court. But I had no other option, as I could not let my year go waste. I don’t know if what I did was right,” she said.
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