Fat-shamed by her in-laws for 4 years, woman driven to committing suicide

By Gunwanti Paraste

Despite understanding she used to be overweight ahead of the wedding ceremony, husband’s circle of relatives picked on her repeatedly, dumped her at her oldsters’, sought divorce

With her weight problems being held against her by way of her in-laws, making the 4 years she spent in her marital house a living hell, a 32-year-old resident of Pimpri-Chinchwad used to be pushed to committing suicide. A yr in the past, she used to be dumped at her oldsters’ house and despite all her efforts, Priyanka Pethkar may just now not bring her husband and his circle of relatives to simply accept her as she used to be — on May 25, she hanged herself.

Pursuant to her death, Priyanka’s brother Pushkarraj Prabhune has filed a grievance of abetment of suicide against her husband Kedar Pethkar (32), his father Shrikant Pethkar (60) and mom Surekha Vishwanath Pethkar (55), as well as Kedar’s brother-in-law (sister’s husband) Jagdish Madiwala (40).

Priyanka used to be married to Kedar, a farmer from Phaltan in Satara, in 2015. “She weighed 110 kg even ahead of the marriage. Yet, her weight was a subject matter after the marriage and Kedar used to be pressuring her for a divorce,” Pushkarraj informed Mirror. “There had been no complaints to start with. However, quickly they kept taunting that she may just now not do any work due to her weight. When she sought to have a look at the farms owned by way of her husband, he retorted that they are able to be observed handiest after she shed some weight. They’d select on her despite the fact that she made some rapid noodles for herself,” he added.

Next, they blamed her now not getting pregnant after two years of marriage on her weight problems, insisting that she used to be not able to conceive due to her bodily situation. They even resorted to ravenous her with smaller meals, infrequently just a unmarried meal a day. “The bodily torture and psychological harassment fixed on her used to be unrelenting. Then, a yr in the past, they brought her to her maternal house — in Bhosari — and simply left her there. The deficient woman started exercising and food plan, however it used to be futile. The final straw used to be her husband hard a divorce and breaking all verbal exchange together with her. She used to be totally devastated and not able to take the abuse and rejection anymore,” the bereaved brother pointed out.

Senior police inspector at the Bhosari police station, Shankar Avatade, recounted the reasons for Priyanka’s suicide at her oldsters’ position and informed, “Her husband and his circle of relatives had been continuously chiding her for her weight. He even claimed that she may just now not satisfy his bodily wishes due to her shape. She used to be put through numerous psychological and bodily torture. Taking cognisance of these components offered within the grievance, we’ve filed a case beneath sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 498-A (when a husband of a woman or his relations subject her to cruelty) and 34 (acts completed by way of a number of individuals in furtherance of not unusual aim) of the Indian Penal Code against the accused individuals.”