Teacher gets six months imprisonment for harassing wife in Palghar

MUMBAI: Palghar court on Wednesday convicted a government school teacher to six months’ imprisonment for assaulting his wife, also a teacher. Sudarshan Patil (40) was arrested in September 2015 after

Sudiksha

filed a case of assault with Manor

police

.

Both teach in ZP

schools

in

Palghar district

. Sudiksha said he was harassing her for dowry. He would beat her with a lathi and often she would be unable to go to school. Patil, who was suspended, was later freed on bail. The court also fined him Rs 500.

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