Gwalior(Madhya Pradesh),
November 3: A man in Gwalior allegedly raped his daughter-in-law when she was
alone in the house one night taking advantage of the situation. The accused
father in law also threatened the victim with dire consequences, if she told anyone
about the incident.
The incident occurred
in Naka Chandravadni area of the city. The victim informed about the incident
to her side of the family in the morning. Her relatives reached the in-laws'
house, caught the father-in-law and brought him to the police station. The woman
also filed a complained against the father-in-law.
The 26-year-old victim,
a resident of Shivpuri Link Road was married three years in an arranged
marriage. The couple were having a strained marriage but the victim expected
things to improve so she kept staying with her husband in her married home.
However, on Monday, the husband was not at home and other relatives were also
out visiting another place. In the middle of the night when she was in a deep
sleep, the father-in-law of the victim allegedly entered her room.
He started forcing
himself on the woman while she was sleeping. The woman woke up and started
resisting the man's advances but he beat her up and also threatened to kill her
if she told about this to anyone.
But on Tuesday
morning, the woman related the whole thing to her motherg. The family reached
Jhansi Road police station then and complained about the matter. The police
immediately took it seriously and registered the case immediately.
The victim told the
police that she had been noticing for some time that her father-in-law was watching
her lecherously. So she was alert but on Monday night when she was alone in the
house and sleeping, the accused got a chance to enter her room. The woman said
she wasn't expecting this and was caught unawares with the assault.
Jhansi Road Police Station incharge Sanjeev Nayan Sharma said that the police has registered a case but he refused to confirm whether the accused was arrested.