A woman has been rescued after her husband locked her in their toilet for o18 months in India.
The 35-year-old, who was kept in a 3ft by 3ft lavatory for
the past 18 months, was rescued by police and welfare officers in the village
of Panipat, a city north of Delhi, on Tuesday.
The woman’s husband, Naresh Kumar, has been arrested by local
police on suspicion of locking her away.
The 35-year-old, who was kept in a 3ft by 3ft lavatory for
the past 18 months, was rescued by police and welfare officers in the village
of Panipat, a city north of Delhi, on Tuesday.
The woman’s husband, Naresh Kumar, has been arrested by local
police on suspicion of locking her away.
The mother-of-three was forced to live in subhuman conditions
with her husband allegedly denying her food or water for days at a time,
according to local media.
Locals tipped off the district’s women’s’ protection officer,
Rajni Gupta, who alerted police and travelled with them to the latrine, which
was on the side of their house.
On arrival they found the woman lying on the floor of the
toilet.
‘She was so weak that she could not even walk,’ Gupta told
the Hindustan Times. ‘She ate eight chapattis when we gave her food’.
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