8 Horrifying Stories Of Tortured Indian Women

Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 17:42 [IST]

Even in this 21st century, Indian women are being tortured by their husbands. Equality is a term that can be seen only in books. Every day we come across stories of Indian women tortured by their husbands. Yes, of course there are women who get all the freedom, but majority of Indian women still struggle in the hands of her husband and in-laws.

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Marriage is a sacred knot, where husband and wife promises to love, protect and look after each other. But in reality, many men make his wife a slave from the first day. Mentally, physically and emotionally she is harassed and insulted. Actually, crime against women begins from home and ends in society. According to National Crime Records Bureau in every three minutes, one woman is tortured by men.

Recently, the case of Sonmatiya Devi,32, has come to light. She was first verbally abused and then physically and mentally abused by her husband for the crime of not being able to bear a child. She was chained and locked up before she could be rescued by her family members.

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Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Women are tortured and abused by their husbands for many different reasons. Stay with us to read about 8 brave women who had to go through torture and abuse at the hands of their husbands.

The names have been changed to protect the victim's identity. The images used do not depict the victim or the incident. The incidents may be disturbing for some. Reader discretion advised.

#Story 1: Extra marital affairs

Nadia, the heroine of the story, struggled a lot from the first day of her marriage. Soon after her marriage, she found that her husband had an illegal relation with his aunt. Many Indian women tortured by their husbands have some stories related to illegal relationship.

#Story 2: Doubt

Sudha got married inspite of disapproval from families. The beginning of their marriage life was like a movie. But, the scene changed when her husband started thinking that she is having illicit relations with some other men. For this, her husband started torturing her.

#Story 3: Sexual violence

Severe sexual violence by Manjari's husband forced her to fight back. Her husband used to sexually harass her, but she took him to counseling and now he has changed. All the 8 stories of Indian women who are tortured by their husbands represent the pain that these women have gone through.

#Story 4: Alcoholism

Most Indian women tortured by their husbands are now struggling only because of this bad habit. Geeta is one among them. Her husband used to torture her after drinking alcohol. He even physically harmed her.

#Story 5: Dowry

Roopa was tortured by her husband and family for dowry. They asked for dowry at the time of marriage and kept demanding money and material many years into the marriage. He always threatens her that he will go for a divorce if his demands are not met.

#Story 6: In-laws

This is the story of Smitha, who got harassed by her husband because of his over affection to his mother and sisters. He wanted just a servant for the house to serve his mother.

#Story 7: Infertility

Sunitha is another representative of Indian women who are tortured by husband and family members for not giving birth to a baby. Even though the infertility lay on her husband's side, she never revealed it to the family. But, he continued torturing her.

#Story 8: Delivering Baby girl

Soni and her husband lived happily until she gave birth to a baby girl. Her husband started torturing her and when she gave birth to a baby girl for the second time, her husband left her and went for another woman.

These 8 stories of Indian women who are tortured by their husbands are reflections of the blindness of the society.