Sources said the 22-year-old victim fell in love with one Sujoy Sarkar of the same village few years back. "Sujoy had started sharing physical intimacy with her promising marriage. But instead of marrying her, he started circulating nude pictures of the woman via MMS. This led to her family members approach the local village head, who arranged a kangaroo court. The court asked Sujoy to marry the woman and accordingly, they tied knots six months back," sources said.
However, problems started soon after the marriage as Sujoy was not happy with the decision of the kangaroo court since he never had any intention to marry the woman. Regular demands of dowry made life difficult for the woman, who was often beaten up by Sujoy.
"Recently, Sujoy demanded Rs 80,000 and a motor cycle from his father-in-law. Being a poor farmer, it was difficult for the victim's father to meet Sujoy's demands. On Saturday night, the woman had raised her voice against Sujoy's demands. This infuriated Sujoy, who first poured acid on his wife's face and later forced her to drink that," said sources.
The victim's shouts for help brought the neighbours there. They rescued the woman and sent her to the rural hospital, from where she was referred to Malda district hospital. Till last reports came, she was battling for life. The victim's father has lodged a complaint against Sujoy with Habibpur police station. Police sources said the accused is absconding.
Forced to marry after the village kangaroo court diktat, but the wife was never accepted by mind. Worse, the greed for dowry too was not satisfied. All this resulted in regular torture on wife. But it reached the extreme point when the wife was applied acid on face and forced to drink acid. Now battling with her life she is hospitalized while the husband is absconding.
Shilpi Sarkar (22) of village Rishipur under Habibpur police station had fallen in love with the village youth Sujoy Sarkar. Luring the girl with the offer to marry, Sujoy used to cohabit with her regularly. But instead of marrying her, Sujoy had circulated the nude pictures of the girl viaMMS and internet which reached the hands of others. This led the girl's family to local village heads who sat for a kangaroo court in this regard. The court decided that Sujoy must marry Shilpi and accordingly the wedding took place six months back.
But Sujoy allegedly could not take it in good humour. Pressure for money was on Shilpi's family was from the beginning. Even the bride was beaten on the issue of money. Poor farmer Surojit Sarkar, father of Shilpi tried to satisfy his son-in-law with money. But of late the pressure increased when Sujoy demanded Rs 80000 along with a motorcycle which was beyond the capacity of father-in-law. Shilpi too protested which infuriated Sujoy. Last night she was severely beaten and forced to drink acid. Her cry brought in the neighbours who rescued Shilpi and sent her to hospital. From the rural hospital she was referred to Malda District Hospital and is still battling for life.
Her father Surojit Sarkar lodged a complaint to Habibpur police station against Sujoy who was found absconding.
