Man bangs wife’s head against wall, booked

Ahmedabad: Manisha Parmar, 30, was brutally beaten by her husband, kicked, and her head banged against the wall until she fell unconscious and had to be hospitalized by her neighbours. Her fault? After a hard day’s work on Thursday, where she had to go out several times on the scooter for the family’s work, she forgot to close the scooter lock’s lid after parking the vehicle at home. In her FIR lodged from her bed in Civil Hospital on Friday morning, Manisha, of Majoorgam, narrated the tale of domestic cruelty to Kagdapith police. Cops have registered a case under Sections 323, 294(b) and 506 (2) of IPC against her husband Ashwin Parmar, who works at a private company in Jamalpur.

Inspector M A Singh of Kagdapith police said they are waiting for the CT scan report of the complainant, and probing the case.

Manisha, who has a four-year-old son, told police that on Thursday afternoon, her mother-in-law had called her up and said Ashwin’s younger brother’s wife, Bharti, who is pregnant, had to be taken to hospital.

Manisha took Bharti to the hospital on the scooter and returned at about 5pm. Then, at about 6.30pm, she had to go out on the scooter to buy vegetables and essentials and returned at about 7pm and parked the scooter in its place at home. But she forgot to lock the scooter and close the lock’s lid.

When Ashwin came home at about 8.30pm he found the scooter’s lock open. “He went inside and began abusing Manisha. He said if rainwater got into the vehicle through the open lock it would have caused damage. Then he began beating Manisha till she fell unconscious. Neighbours rushed in at her cries of help and brought her to Civil Hospital,” said a police official.