Madikeri: A woman battered by husband, has finally pleaded before the media to help her get justice.
Arfiya Bhanu, hailing from Kodlipet in Mysuru had married Sadiq Pasha.

However, Arfiya’s ordeals began, when Sadiq started torturing her within three months of marriage, stating that she could not conceive during that period. However, when Arfiya conceived after six months, the psychotic husband battered her stating that he had not fathered the child and hence she should abort the baby.

Unable to put up with the torture, Arfiya left her house and came to Abburu of Piriyapatna in Mysuru. She pleaded before the police to ensure that she gets justice, but since the police could not do much, she came before the media and pleaded for help.

It was four-years-ago that Arfiya’s family fell for a lie told by Sadik and got Arfiya married to him.

However, as against rich claim that he owned a furniture showroom, Sadik was a mere worker in a mattress shop. Soon after marriage, without any guilt of having lied to her family, Sadik started demanding Arfiya to get money from her parents so that he could start an own business. Further, when she did not conceive in three months of marriage, he also threatened her of marrying again so that he could have babies. However, after all the threats and beatings, Arfiya delivered a baby boy who is now two and half years ago.

Though Arfiya did go back to her parents, every time talks were held and she was forced to return to Sadik, who is an alcoholic and also a drug addict.

Arfiya claims that on March 20 Sadik, his mother Akbari Bhanu, Sisters in-law- Asma, Reshma, brother in-law Athiq Pasha attacked her. When Arfiya collapsed due to attack, petrified attackers had fled the house. On regaining her consciousness, Arfiya went back to her parents and filed a complaint with Periyapatna police.

When police did not take against action, she came before the media seeking help.