"Haritha V. Kumar"

The scoundrels who ask for dowry should be given such critical punishment that they can never ever think of it in their life ahead!

Expressing sorrow 15 days after her marriage five years ago, she was abandoned by her NRI husband, declared to be because her parents could not meet the dowry demand as a reason of their poor financial condition. In fact at later stage, she was thrown out by her in-laws. 

Furthermore, on Friday, it was a dream coming true for Komal Pravinbhai Ganatra when she learnt she had secured 591 rank in the Union Public Service Commission examination for civil services. 

Komal, who is a primary school teacher in a remote village of Bhavnagar district, expects to join Indian Revenue Service (IRS) while she is among the 11 candidates from Gujarat who have cleared the civil services examination this year. Daughter of a retired primary school teacher at Savarkundla in Amreli district, Komal is now determined to fight a legal battle with her NRI husband, Shailesh Popat, who is settled in New Zealand. Moreover, she says that they could not seek justice earlier because of the weak financial condition of her family and out of fear that litigation would affect her preparations for the top competitive exam.

Komal said that she will definitely impose legal action against her husband and in-laws now for what they did with her just because she came from a poor family and could not meet their financial demands. Komal does not even have the address or contact number of Shailesh or the kind of job he has in New Zealand. She continued saying that Shailesh never gave her his address or contact number and he is out of touch ever since he abondoned her soon after their marriage five years ago, adding that he has neither divorced her. 

Shailesh completed M.Sc (chemistry) from a college in Rajkot while Komal holds a diploma in chemical engineering from Rajkot Government Polytechnic and a BA degree through correspondence from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University. She also has a primary teachers training certificate from a college in Savarkundla. 

REMEMBER, DOWRY IS A SIN FOR THE HUMANKIND!

Be a human, fight against it!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)