HC judge, kin accused of dowry harassment
Chennai/Hyderabad, Jan 24, 2014, DHNS:
The daughter-in-law of an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge lodged a complaint against her husband and family with the Chennai police commissioner on a charge of dowry harassment. An allegation which was refuted by her husband.
According to the complaint, Kavya Rao (30) married B Ramakrishna, the judge’s son, in 2007. After marriage, the couple lived in Bangalore till Ramakrishna lost his job in 2008. Kavya alleged that her in-laws began harassing her when she and her jobless husband moved to Hyderabad.
She told police that her family had paid more than Rs 40 lakh as dowry, but her husband’s family demanded another Rs 50 lakh.
As her parents could not pay the amount, she was harassed frequently by her in-laws, which forced her to come to live with her father in Chennai. Later, her father-in-law lodged a false police complaint against her father, she said.
“My in-laws, in their complaint, said that my father had stolen valuables from their house,” Kavya said and alleged that her father-in-law was influencing the police personnel even in Chennai.
On January 13, based on information received from Andhra Pradesh Police, Kavya and her father were summoned by the Chennai Police in connection with a case that she had stolen her father-in-law’s ancestral jewellery.
Meanwhile, Ramakrishna, who’s pursuing PhD at IIT New Delhi, refuted his wife’s allegations.
According to family sources, Ramakrishna maintains that the issue of dowry harassment never came up in the communication he had with his wife through emails in the past several months.
“Moreover she (Kavya) has recently sent a draft note of a mutual consent divorce petition. One of the conditions in that draft note was that there will be no mutual giving and taking between the two at the time of divorce”.
Incidentally, Ramakrishna filed a complaint at Jinnaram Police Station in Medak district on November 23 against Kavya’s family members alleging that they were threatening him with dire consequences and abusing him.
According to him, his wife and in-laws were not allowing him to see his child. Besides, a case had been filed at Medak court for restitution of conjugal rights and custody of his three-year old daughter. The decision on that issue is pending.
Daughter-in-law files dowry harassment case against AP High Court judge in Chennai
R.Ramasubramanian Chennai, January 23, 2014 | UPDATED 14:58 IST
The daughter-in-law of a sitting Andhra Pradesh High Court judge has filed a dowry harassment complaint against her husband and his family members. Kavya Rao (30) a resident of Chennai came to the Chennai Police Commissioner's officer on Wednesday afternoon and filed the formal complaint. In her complaint Kavya said her father, a Chennai based businessman arranged her wedding with the High Court judge's son in 2007. She said during their marriage her parents had paid Rs.43.5 lakh as dowry, but the judge and his wife and other relatives demanded Rs.50 lakh more. Kavya also said that her husband lost his job in 2008 and hence they moved from Bangalore to Hyderabad. "Ever since the harassment began and my in - laws pressurised me to bring in atleast 50 lakhs rupees immediately"
Kavya in her complaint also submitted that since her family could not arrange this much money immediately she was made to starve by her inlaws. But after some time her parents gave her inlaws money at frequent intervals. When she could not tolerate the agony she returned to Chennai to live with her parents.
But even after that the troubles did not end for her , her father-in-law lodged a false complaint against her father. On the instigations of the judge, abduction and theft cases were filed against my father she said and added the judge is influencing the police in Chennai. Her husband came to her house in Chennai a week ago and ransacked it . Kavya has a small baby girl. In her complaint she said her husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law are attempting to abduct her child.
The complaint was filed with the Additional Commissioner of Police (headquarers) R.S. Nallasivam. It was later forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adayar range for further investigations. "We have informed the Chief Justice of India. The AP High Court judge is attempting to influence the local police here. We will wait for four or five days. If the Police does not take any action we will move the Madras High Court for direction to the Chennai Police Commissioner to take suitable action in this regard" said K.Balu, advocate of Kavya in an interveiw with India Today Online
Source- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/daughter-in-law-files-dowry-harassment-case-against-ap-high-court-judge-in-chennai/1/339292.html
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