Kochi: A woman filed a complaint before the Prime Minister and the Women’s Commission claiming that the police overturned her dowry harassment complaint. Dhanya Nalinakshan, a resident of Aluva South Vazhakulam, filed a complaint against the Tadiittaparam police. In a press conference at the Ernakulam Press Club, the woman claimed that she and her family faced a lot of mental torture by the police after taking the statement.
Dhanya and Mithun, originally from Aluva South Vazhakulam, married in 2016. Mithun took Dhanya to Canada in 2017 amid dowry problems. In October 2021, the NRA filed a complaint at the Aluva Tadiittaparam Police Station via the NRA after dowry harassment continued, including by in-laws. The police refused to register her statement online as she was overseas.
Even after he returned home, the police continued to ignore him. It is alleged that even when asked for the indictment sheet in which the statement was not properly recorded, the police continued to oppose. When he pointed out the mistake in recording his statement at the police station, he said: ‘He knows all the laws. He says he should spare me and hand the case over to the CI of Perumbavoor or Edthala.
Although she was a complainant, the police, including her father and mother, were called to the station many times and harassed her. The woman also said that the police are cooperating in the reconciliation efforts of her husband’s family. After filing a complaint with the Prime Minister and the Women’s Commission, the complainant met with the media in Kochi.
Summary in English: A woman denounces the police who support the accused in the case of harassment for dowry
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