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Woman consumes poison to protest police failure

Patna, Aug 28 (IANS) A woman is battling for life in a Bihar hospital after she attempted suicide by consuming poison to protest failure of the state police to trace her abducted husband.

The woman resorted to this extreme form of protest, as the police have not succeeded in rescuing her husband despite repeated assurances by state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a relative of her said Monday.

Sunaina Devi, in her early 30s and mother of two children, was admitted in a serious condition in a hospital at Hajipur, 30 km from here Saturday, following her suicide attempt.

 

Her husband Mahesh Rai along with three others was abducted by a group of armed men in broad daylight on April 27 from a restaurant in Hajipur.

Ironically, when the people present on the spot protested, the abductors identified themselves as personnel of the Special Task Force.

Hajipur police reportedly informed Sunaina next morning that her husband was under the custody of Patna police who denied it.

Engaged in business, Rai is the sole bread earner of his family.

According to her relatives, Sunaina ran from pillar to post in the last four months to search for her husband but without success.

"She even met the state chief minister, police chief and sought help of the National Human Rights Commission," her relative said.

Sunaina met the chief minister thrice in his people's court but got only assurances rather than action on the ground.

What has frightened her is the discovery of the body of a man, who was abducted along with her husband, in Jehanabad.

Nitish Kumar's government, which came to power in November 2005, had promised to turn Bihar into a crime-free state in three months. But statistics reveal that over 1,110 people, including 171 children and 581 women, have been kidnapped in the state since 1995.

 

 



 


 

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