HC comes to rescue of Muslim woman who fled her marital home

The Madras High Court has come to the rescue of a newly-wedded Muslim woman who had to fled her matrimonial home in Tiruchirapalli district following a dispute with her in-laws over dowry.
Justice R Mahadevan directed the All Women Police Station at Avadi near here to escort the 26-year-old estranged woman to her in-laws' place to help her recover her belongings and jewelleries.
The bench gave the direction last week on a plea by the woman who submitted that she was married to one Mohammed, an engineer, in 2015.
She alleged her husband and in-laws soon began harassing her for more dowry following which she ran away to her maternal home in Pattabhiram onMay 12last.

She said fearing for her life, she fled the place leaving behind all her belongings and jewelleries.
Later, she approached the All Women's Police Station in Avadi to seek help to retrieve her belongings, but they made no heed to her pleas.
While hearing the woman's petition, the judge asked the woman to approach the police with complete details of all her belongings.
The police shall recover the same from her in-laws' residence and report the same to the court after executing the order, the judge said.