Vadodara: Blamed for woman’s 2 abortions, in-laws booked

Bhavna and Bhakti got married 10 years ago and they have an eight-year-old daughter, police said. According to her complaint, three years after marriage, during her second pregnancy, Bhakti and his mother Jasiben forcibly ended her pregnancy giving her pills, police said.

Last year when she became pregnant again, her child was aborted again, Bhavna said, and her husband and mother-in-law forcibly got a hysterectomy done on her to prevent further pregnancies, police said.

Based on her complaint, the Mahila police station of the rural police booked all the three accused under various IPC sectons but they are yet to make any arrests in the case.

“We are conducting the necessary tests,” investigating officer M N Parmar said. “The couple has a daughter, so we are also verifying the angle of (whether) it is a case of (the family desiring) a male child. After evidence is collected, we will make the arrests.” The role of the husband’s paramour is yet to be ascertained, police said.