Distressed wife seeks action against non-local hubby
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network

Imphal, January 17 2013: A depressed mother of three has sought help from an NGO on Thursday saying she has been victimized and rejected by her husband after over a decade of marriage life.

Telem Robita, 31, daughter of T Dhananjoy, a resident of Kongba Kshetri Leikai in Imphal East district, married to one Romesh Kumar, 47, a native of Bihar in 1999 .

Kumar is stated to be the proprietor of Capital Watch &Co, Paona Bazaar, Imphal.

She was subjected to tortures even as her husband would keep her locked inside the room and get rough with her, Sobita told reporters at the office of Federation of Regional Indigenous Society (FREINDS) here.

Kumar would never allow her to take part at any family ceremonies, she alleged.

Sobita said she was treated at Raj Polyclinic, a private hospital here in January 2012 where she was diagnosed with TB in the brain.

Kumar's elder brother and sister-in-law were asked to help her family as she had to stay at the hospital for long days for medical treatment, she said.

She alleged her husband that he was having illicit affair with his sister-in-law while she was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

The dejected woman further said she came to know about the affair after her children discovered it.

She along with her three children returned to her parental home in February 2012 after she was pushed away by Kumar, but after three days Kumar came there and took away the children, Sobita said.

Since from that day, she has not been able to get in touch with her children neither she knows the exact place they are living now, she added.

On March 31, 2012, she gave money to some people who identified themselves as militants investigating her case of victimization, but these people were appeared to have hired by Kumar, Sobita alleged.

Then, she received a divorce letter through the Family Court, Imphal in June the same year.

Sobita had approached the Human Rights Law Network, Manipur to seek justice, but it failed.

"Kumar married to a woman named Kanchan in Bihar whom he divorced and later married with me," Sobita said and alleged Kumar has been barred from coming to his native village in Bihar because of the controversial divorce.

Kumar also had love affairs with another three women, including a nurse, Sobita alleged and said two of them are from Keishampat in Imphal West and the other woman is from Konthoujam in the district.

Sobita appealed to the public to help her punish Kumar and also urged the Meitei women never to get married with outsiders.

FREINDS president Jadumani who was present at the press meet accused the outsiders of violating human dignity, particularly of women in Manipur.

Jadumani in a strong message said Kumar, the estranged husband of Sobita should surrender to FREINDS at the earliest.

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