25 year old Kamlesh Rathore, said her
husband, Sanjeev Rathore, 27, had been
demanding a dowry of Rs 50,000
(£550) ever since they got married.
A dowry is part of Indian custom and is
either cash, jewelry or land that the
bride's family gives to the groom as a
condition of any marriage.
Kamlesh said: ‘He harassed me every
day for the dowry. He was constantly
demanding Rs 50,000.
'I repeatedly told him that my father is
very poor and he cannot afford such an
amount but he did not listen and used
to threaten me that he’ll chop off my
nose. He has beaten me for years, he’s
used belts, slippers, sticks and has
always tortured me.
'He used to accuse me of working as a
prostitute and threaten to sell me. He
was always drunk. During our eight
years of marriage he was very harsh
with me.’
On September 14, Kamlesh was cooking
dinner when Sanjeev started shouting
and demanding money again. She said
that suddenly, from behind, her in-laws
grabbed her and held her down while
her husband allegedly chopped off her
nose.
‘They all grabbed me tightly. I could not
move. And then out of nowhere I saw a
knife and he chopped off my nose,’
Kamlesh recalled. Kamlesh, who has a
six-year-old daughter, said her husband
and in-laws fled as soon as they
chopped off her nose.
His last words were: ‘You’ll now be like
this forever’.
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Kamlesh quickly called her parents who
lived nearby and they rushed her to the
nearest medical centre.
She was still bleeding heavily when she
arrived at the primary health centre, in
Shahjahanpur, where doctors were only
able to dress the wound.
They could not re-attach the nose as
Sanjeev had taken it with him.
Kamlesh’s older brother, Sachin, 26,
said the family cannot afford any future
surgery for Kamlesh to fix her nose.
‘My sister’s husband has been very
cruel. He has given her a terrible life
and now this. He even took her nose
and gifted it to the gods at his temple.
He’s a sick man.’
25 year old Kamlesh Rathore, said her
husband, Sanjeev Rathore, 27, had been
demanding a dowry of Rs 50,000
(£550) ever since they got married.
A dowry is part of Indian custom and is
either cash, jewelry or land that the
bride's family gives to the groom as a
condition of any marriage.
Kamlesh said: ‘He harassed me every
day for the dowry. He was constantly
demanding Rs 50,000.
'I repeatedly told him that my father is
very poor and he cannot afford such an
amount but he did not listen and used
to threaten me that he’ll chop off my
nose. He has beaten me for years, he’s
used belts, slippers, sticks and has
always tortured me.
'He used to accuse me of working as a
prostitute and threaten to sell me. He
was always drunk. During our eight
years of marriage he was very harsh
with me.’
On September 14, Kamlesh was cooking
dinner when Sanjeev started shouting
and demanding money again. She said
that suddenly, from behind, her in-laws
grabbed her and held her down while
her husband allegedly chopped off her
nose.
‘They all grabbed me tightly. I could not
move. And then out of nowhere I saw a
knife and he chopped off my nose,’
Kamlesh recalled. Kamlesh, who has a
six-year-old daughter, said her husband
and in-laws fled as soon as they
chopped off her nose.
His last words were: ‘You’ll now be like
this forever’.
Sponsored link
Kamlesh quickly called her parents who
lived nearby and they rushed her to the
nearest medical centre.
She was still bleeding heavily when she
arrived at the primary health centre, in
Shahjahanpur, where doctors were only
able to dress the wound.
They could not re-attach the nose as
Sanjeev had taken it with him.
Kamlesh’s older brother, Sachin, 26,
said the family cannot afford any future
surgery for Kamlesh to fix her nose.
‘My sister’s husband has been very
cruel. He has given her a terrible life
and now this. He even took her nose
and gifted it to the gods at his temple.
He’s a sick man.’
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