Kanpur: In an eyebrow lifting and hard to accept news, a 78-year-old woman has filed dowry and domestic harassment case against her 82-year-old husband.
The incident has been reported from Chakeri area of the city. The woman also accused her husband of beating her up and throwing her out of the house.
Ganesh Narain Shukla, who has been accused of dowry harassment and beating his wife is not in a position to walk without support of others.
Rajnish, the son of the elderly couple, told reporters that his mother behaves nicely with all family members and she has filed the case under the influence of some of her relative
The matter is related to a family dispute.
“My father was shocked when he came to know that he has been booked for dowry,” he said.
Meanwhile, advocate Shivendra Kumar Pandey said that according to the facts that have come to fore, the dowry law has been misused to implicate senior members of the family.
“After so many years of marriage, the allegation of dowry harassment has no meaning. At present, the matter is in the arbitration centre so that the dispute can be settled by mutual talks between the two parties,” Pandey further said.
