10-07-2006, 12:59 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dalit accuses in-laws of attempt to convert
Ashis Senapati
[ 5 Oct, 2006 0311hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
KENDRAPADA: A Dalit woman has lodged an FIR on Wednesday against her husband and father-in-law, alleging that she was tortured by them for refusing to change her religion to Christianity.
Sumitra (19) said her husband and father-in-law opposed her worshipping Hindu gods in the house.
"My husband and father-in-law pressurised me to change my religion. Last week they assaulted me when I again refused to convert, so I left my husband's house," she said.
According to her, an officer of Patakura police station saw her on national highway 5(A) at Haladiagard and admitted her to a short-stay home at Patakura.
After spending a week there, she reached Mahakalapada police station on Wednesday and lodged an FIR against her husband and father-in-law.
"I am ready to die. But I will not change my religion, "Sumitra added. Sumitra's marriage last year was not a happy event. A resident of Arunanagar village, near Kendrapada, she was allegedly raped by Padia Das in June 2005.
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Ashis Senapati
[ 5 Oct, 2006 0311hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
KENDRAPADA: A Dalit woman has lodged an FIR on Wednesday against her husband and father-in-law, alleging that she was tortured by them for refusing to change her religion to Christianity.
Sumitra (19) said her husband and father-in-law opposed her worshipping Hindu gods in the house.
"My husband and father-in-law pressurised me to change my religion. Last week they assaulted me when I again refused to convert, so I left my husband's house," she said.
According to her, an officer of Patakura police station saw her on national highway 5(A) at Haladiagard and admitted her to a short-stay home at Patakura.
After spending a week there, she reached Mahakalapada police station on Wednesday and lodged an FIR against her husband and father-in-law.
"I am ready to die. But I will not change my religion, "Sumitra added. Sumitra's marriage last year was not a happy event. A resident of Arunanagar village, near Kendrapada, she was allegedly raped by Padia Das in June 2005.
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