*Mentally sick woman held captive for 3 years by kin, rescued Ashok Kaura* Phagwara, August 30 After three years of illegal detention, she is in no position to express her emotions or even anguish. Now, Inderpal Kaur is mentally ill, who was held captive by her brother-in-law and family in his house at Rampur Khalian village for the past three years. The room, in which she was kept, was her bed room as well as toilet.
She was rescued by the villagers with the assistance of the Rawalpindi Police headed by Inspector Raj Kumar today. Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Paul sent Inderpal to Nari Niketan in Jalandhar. A postgraduate teacher, Inderpal Kaur could not give her details due to mental illness. Meanwhile, the police booked Khushdev Singh, his wife Ramandeep Kaur and son Gurpaul Singh under sections 344 and 506 of the IPC on the charges of illegally and forcibly detaining Inderpal. The matter came to light when Khushdev’s daughter-in-law Sukhwinder Kaur of Rihana Jattan, who had developed a dispute with her husband after marriage, informed some villagers, including former sarpanch Gurmit Singh, about Inderpal’s illegal detention. The villagers then informed the police, which acted swiftly to rescue the woman. Kapurthala SSP Ram Singh said Inderpal Kaur was living with her sister and her brother-in-law Khushdev Singh after the death of her husband Mohan Singh in Jalandhar. But after Inderpal’s sister death, Khushdev settled in Rampur Khalian village along with his son and daughter. She also took Inderpal along with him. Khushdev married off his children. Few years after she developed mental illness due to acute stress after which she was illegally detained by Khushdev in his house. He married for the second time and had a son and daughter from Ramandeep of Rawalpindi village. All three accused are absconding. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100831/jal.htm#1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
