Bihar: In less than two months after her wedding, a woman from Saran district, Bihar was forced to abscond from her in-law’s house in Haryana as her husband, with some help from his sister-in-law, allegedly arranged for the woman to be sold to porn movie makers for 7 lakh rupees.
Sarita devi (name changed), managed to reach her family in Bihar in a distraught condition. Her family was shocked to see her back from Haryana barely two months after her wedding. Sarita narrated the entire incident to her family upon which, they filed a complaint with the Taraiya police station, in Bihar according to a report in India Today.
Sarita alleged that her husband and other members of his family started torturing her over her father’s inability to give them dowry. According to Sarita, her in-laws wanted her father to give her husband 2 lakh rupees in cash along with motorcycle for the marriage, but he was unable to meet their demands because of his financial condition.
She added that her in-laws not only taunted her for her father’s inability to provide a dowry, but also started treating her roughly.
“They even made me work as a labourer in the fields,” she said in her complaint.
Sarita further alleged that her husband, with some help from his sister-in-law, sold her to porn filmmakers for 7 lakh rupees. When Sarita learned that she was to be handed over to her buyers the next morning she eloped from Haryana and went back to her family in Bihar.
Police are looking into Sarita’s case and an investigation is ongoing.
