Brijal Shah, 30 an MBA, went through verbal and physical abuse allegedly by her husband for nearly three years till she decided “enough is enough”.
Brijal was allegedly forced to work after marriage and made to do all the domestic chores
MUMBAI: Brijal Shah, 30 an MBA, went through verbal and physical abuse allegedly by her husband for nearly three years till she decided “enough is enough”. Fed up with the alleged harassment and constant dowry demands, Brijal on Monday registered a dowry harassment complaint against her husband, Arpit Doshi at Kandivili police station.
Doshi, 31, is now cooling his heels in a prison, after the Borivili metropolitan magistrate court remanded him in police custody till December 15.
In July 2004, Brijal was married off to Doshi, a successful software engineer, who was in London for over a year soon after the marriage.
However, within a few months, Doshi allegedly began beating her up with dowry demands . The Shahs, who run a fabrication business at Charkop in Kandivili, said they had already coughed up gold jewellery and electronic goods worth Rs32 lakh since the marriage. “Last month, he demanded Rs40 lakh to buy a flat in Mumbai. Since we could not meet the demand, the harassment worsened,” said Navin Shah, Brijal’s father.
The marriage alliance was finalised after a common family friend acted as a mediator. “I’m pained to see my daughter being traumatised. She is educated and can fend for herself,” said Shah.
Brijal, who lived with her husband and in-laws in Borivili, was allegedly forced to work after marriage and made to do all the domestic chores.
Shah alleged that Arpit had an extra-marital affair which was the root cause of the couple’s marital problems. “He seems to have married my daughter only for the money. Now that he can’t squeeze any more money from us, he is looking out for other options,” said an enraged Shah.
He also said that Arpit used the access he had to his daughter’s email address and posted letters from her ID. “He tried to create a fictitious problem and misled the police. We will ensure he is brought to book,” added Shukla.
Despite repeated attempts, the Doshis could not contacted over the phone.
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