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AHMEDABAD: A woman was beaten for demanding sex from her husband, who claims to have taken up celibacy. Her in-laws also allegedly thrashed her when they found out about the issue. A complaint in this regard was filed at the Women’s police station (east) against the husband and in-laws, under the Domestic Violence Act on Monday.

In her FIR, the woman, 22, a resident of Danilimda , states that she married with a man from Sarkhej , who is now 25, on May 14, 2016. Initially, her husband’s behaviour towards her was decent but changed after she delivered their first child in 2018.

“For the past few months, my husband had stopped having sex with me. Whenever I asked for it, he got furious and beat me,” states the complainant, adding that her husband claims to have adopted celibacy.

When she insisting on having sex, her husband left their house. Due to this, her in-laws began harassing and beating her, saying she had forced him to leave.

The woman states that her husband was in stress due over money he had borrowed from various moneylenders, and had even stopped caring for her and their child.

“A few months ago, when my son had a severe infection in his intestine, my husband did not even pay for medicines,” she states in the FIR.

The woman had on Monday approached police and filed a complaint for domestic violence and abetment against her husband and four of her in-laws. The accused have not yet been arrested.

