Man drives wife out of home for wearing salwar kameez

KOLKATA: A man told a judge in the Calcutta High Court that he and his family did not want his wife, whom he had driven out of home, to wear a salwar kameez.

The husband, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, drew the attention of Justice Partha Sakha Dutta to the red salwar kameez his wife Rupali was wearing during the court proceeding, a dress worn by millions of Indian women.

"We are an orthodox family. We cannot accept such dresses, she should wear a sari," the husband told an astonished Justice Dutta.

Rupali, who has been living at her parent's house at Kankurgachi here for some time with her little daughter, had moved the court claiming that her husband and in-laws had driven her out of their home at Madhyamgram in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district.

Rupali who is 26 years old also claimed that she was mentally tortured by her husband and in-laws over trivial issues and had been forced out of the house.

The husband and wife and their child were present in court following Justice Dutta's direction on Tuesday.

Justice Dutta then told the husband that there was nothing wrong in his wife's dress and wearing a salwar suit was in no way indecent.

The judge directed Dibyendu to take his wife and child home and asked him not to create problems over such trivial issues.