A day after Navnath Dhanpekar (29) whose wife wanted nullification of their marriage. ended life by jumping off the family court building at Alka Talkies Chowk, mens organisations demanded action against his widow and her family.

Atit Rajpara, president of Men’s Rights Association said, “In Thursday’s incident a man jumped off the family court building. It was not a case of forced or arranged marriage. It was a love marriage. Then on which basis his wife could file the petition to nullify the marriage?”

He added, “Incidents like these indicate that the number of males in distress is growing rapidly in society as more and more anti-men laws are being made. In the present case, we as a society have failed in providing sustainable support to the man and control his emotions. Even our laws and courts provide sympathy and support only to women. Husbands and their emotions are always ignored when it comes to divorce or separation. It is presumed that man is always guilty for a failed marriage.”

He alleged, “Our law and order system seems to have failed in the present case as no arrest has been made since a case of accidental death has been registered. In an incident that took place at Bavdhan last year, the entire family of a man committed suicide leaving a clear suicide note blaming his wife of threatening to file false cases against them. It took a couple of days for the police to file a case against the daughter-in-law and her parents and by then, she had taken anticipatory bail. On the other hand, when it comes to husbands and his parents they are detained immediately before the case is filed against them.”

Purush Bachao Hakka Samiti president Balasaheb Patil expressed similar views. He said, “The law should be balanced. Men too have emotions but cannot express themselves like women do. For men, family is most important. If there are troubles in the family, he reaches a high level of frustration and may end his life. Even long judicial procedure and concerned attitude towards women adopted by the courts weigh against men.”