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'Help! My husband has not come to see my daughter'

Ahmedabad: On Sunday, thw181 helpline received a call where the caller, a young woman, pleaded the counsellors to convince her husband to visit her, and their 12-day-old daughter.

“For Sumita, 30, a resident of Vastral, it was a major shock — as she had left her first husband for Nirav,” said the counsellor.



When the counsellors questioned her, Sumita said that she was living in Nadiad with her husband. Nirav was son of their landlord and used to collect rent. Sumita and Nirav came closer as Sumita divorced her husband and gave custody of their two children to him. “Her trouble started as Nirav’s family was against the union, fearing social infamy,” said a counsellor, adding that Nirav rebelled and married to Sumita as the couple shifted to Ahmedabad.

A year on, Sumita got pregnant and decided to go to her parents’ home. During this time, Nirav’s family convinced him to sever ties, Sumita told the counsellors. “We called the family and informed that they could be booked under multiple sections. They then agreed to send Nirav ,” said a counsellor. tnn

(Names changed to protect identities)

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