ByThe accused made her undergo sex determination test during her second pregnancy; got hitched again without divorcing her.A man from Pune firstly got married to a woman in 2013, following which he had a girl with her. When she was pregnant again, he made her undergo a sex determination test. When the child was revealed to be a girl again, he made her abort. Then, he assaulted her after which, without divorcing her, married another woman recently. In these circumstances, the man’s brother tried outraging the woman’s modesty.This shocking case has surfaced at the Wakad police station after the distressed woman lodged an FIR against her husband under various sections for demanding dowry, molesting her, getting her child aborted without her consent and also against his brother for molesting her.The accused in the case has been identified as Kunal Baijnath Whawalkar, a resident of Wakad area, who is supposedly associated with the Republican Party of India (RPI).According to the complaint, Whawalkar wedded the complainant on December 1, 2013. She gave birth to their girl in 2015. In late 2016, the woman was expecting again. However, the accused allegedly did not want another girl child. As a result, he took her for a foetus sex determination test at a discreet location. The tests showed that she was once again pregnant with a girl.On April 19, 2017, the woman was taken to the Kalawati Hospital in Pune, where she is said to have been forced to abort her child against her wish. On October 25, 2017, the man married another woman from Pune.After the abortion, the man allegedly started beating the complainant and also demanded dowry. Speaking to Mirror, the woman said, “My husband used to demand dowry from me soon after we got married. He and his family members used to beat me because I had given birth to a girl child. When I was pregnant for the second time, I was again expected to give birth to a baby boy. But then, I was taken to a discreet place in March 2017 for my unborn child’s sex determination. I had to abort the child on April 19, 2017 after my husband forced me to do so.”She added that she was recently molested by her brother-in-law. “When I defended myself, he beat me badly,” the woman added.Despite repeated attempts on the phone, the accused could not be contacted.Meanwhile, the police have registered a case under sections 498-A (subjecting woman to cruelty), 354-A (outraging woman’s modesty), 313 (causing miscarriage without woman’s consent), 494 (marrying again during lifetime of wife), 509, 506(1), 323, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).“We have registered a case against three people, Kunal Baijnath Whawalkar, Minabai Baijnath Whawalkar and Baijnath Nanurao Whawalkar under various sections of the IPC for molestation, subjecting the complainant to cruelty and various others on June 2 after the woman came to us with the complaint on June 1. We are investigating the case and would be taking action against the accused if found guilty,” said Satish Mane, senior police inspector attached with Wakad police station.