Angry husband slaps woman after she smashes his laptop

Key Highlights The complainant said that her husband was captiously critical of her activities saying that she did not make good food or did not do proper cleaning of the house While having a conversation, the woman got agitated and hit the husband’s laptop against the ground and in return the husband slapped her Earlier, the helpline used to receive barely 10 complaints per day but now the same has increased to 35 to 45 per day

Ahmedabad: As the country continues to observe the 21-day lockdown- a silver bullet unleashed by PM Modi to combat COVID-19 scourge, the complaints of domestic-feuds received by Abhayam Women’s Helpline have witnessed a three-fold surge, according to Falguni Patel, the Ahmedabad coordinator of the women’s helpline. Recently, a team of the helpline counselled a couple based in Ghatlodiya after the woman dialled 181 and complained that she was slapped by her husband.

Domestic discord

The couple jointly looks after the business and life. They were having a dialogue over finances due to apprehensions of losing money during the lockdown. As the conversation advanced, the woman got agitated and hit her husband’s laptop against the ground. Infuriated over her conduct, the husband responded with an echoing slap. The woman gave a dialled 181 helpline and registered the complaint of the domestic discord.

Husband picking up faults

The wife alleged that with almost sitting idle at home, her husband was captiously critical of her activities saying that she did not make good food or did not do proper cleaning of the house. She also complained that he even said that she did not take good care of the children.

The helpline team settled the issue and also counselled them to not argue over small issues and stay together as a strong family in these testing times of coronavirus pandemic.

Surge in complaints of domestic feud

According to Patel, before the lockdown, they received nearly 10 complaints in a day regarding domestic feuds. However the same has spiked up to 35 to 45 a day.

In another incident, a woman with a four-month-old child was allegedly beaten up by her husband when she asked for help from her mother-in-law for household activities as it was getting tough for her to manage the house and the child.