This story is from July 1, 2020

Woman gets in-laws booked over dispute

Woman gets in-laws booked over dispute
Kanpur: In a first of its kind case, a woman in the city having a dispute with her in-laws got them booked under the Epidemic Diseases Act, besides accusing them of assault
and harassment.
The woman filed a complaint against her mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law on late Monday night.
Police officials said one Deepika Gupta, a resident of Basantinagar filed a complaint at Juhi police station stating she was busy doing her household chores on June 27 when her mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law and latter’s son and daughter barged into her room and started quarrelling with her and tried to force her to withdraw a case of domestic violence she had filed against them few years ago.

“When she offered resistance, they attacked her with sticks before threatening her with dire consequences,” said police officials.
She alleged in her complaint that not only her in-laws attacked her, but they also defied the rules to be followed by all to curb coronavirus infection.
“The complainant has stated that her in-laws defied pandemic regulations as they violated social distancing norms, besides none of them was wearing face mask thus putting her life at risk,” said Juhi inspector Santosh Arya.

“They have been booked under Epidemic Diseases Act as well as relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code,” Arya added.
The woman’s in-laws also lodged a complaint against her, accusing her of assaulting them and threatening them with dire consequences.
“We are investigating the matter after registering both FIRs,” the inspector said.
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