BENGALURU: In a surprising incident in Karnataka, a husband had house-arrested his spouse for 12 years on suspicion of her character in Hirege village of Mysuru district.

After receiving a tip-off, the police raided the home and rescued the sufferer, Suma on Wednesday night time and likewise arrested the accused husband, Sannalaiah.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that Suma is the third spouse of the accused. Because the day of their marriage, he had been suspecting her. Within the first week of marriage, he had locked her up in a room at their residence.

Unable to endure his torture, allegedly the primary two wives had left the accused. The husband locked the door with three locks and warned his spouse to not speak to anybody.

He even forbade her from utilizing the bathroom situated exterior the home. The accused had positioned a bucket contained in the room for this function, and he himself disposed it. Unable to witness the plight, a relative of the sufferer had knowledgeable the police in regards to the incident.

The group, comprising ASI Subhan, advocate Siddappaji, and social activist Jasheela, raided the home and rescued the sufferer. The accused husband had threatened his spouse that if she stepped out of the home or tried to speak to anybody, he would hurt her.

Though the sufferer’s mom approached native leaders to discover a answer, the accused didn’t relent and continued his cruelty. The sufferer has two kids from the accused, who now have been despatched to her dad and mom’ home.

“My husband locked me up and didn’t enable me to speak to my kids freely. He would repeatedly slap me for no purpose. Everybody within the village is afraid of him. He wouldn’t enable my kids to be with me till he got here house late at night time. I needed to give them meals by the small window, ” defined the sufferer, Suma.