Behrampore - West Bengal: You could call it Bengal’s heart of darkness. Unable to repay a loan he had taken for his wedding, a Murshidabad man ‘mortgaged’ his wife and vanished. For two years, the woman was allegedly raped and kept confined in the moneylender’s house.
When she went to police, they allegedly did nothing. Every time she sought help, they ignored her, she says.
The shocking incident took place at Jhikra village in Murshidabad’s Bharatpur area. When the woman married tailor Toton Sheikh five years ago, he borrowed some money from Rahamani Sheikh, a rich businessman from neighbouring Surpara village. The couple was finding it difficult to pay back the Rs 5,000 (at a hefty interest) when they had to borrow money again for their son’s birth. Read more.............................
Unable to pay loan, man mortgages wife Labels: Loan, Man, marriage, Moneylender, Mortgage, Rape, wedding, West Bengal, Wife
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