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Sub: Save Family Foundation (SFF) calls for Peaceful Candle
March in the honor yet another Martyr of Marriage
Morning Shocker:
It
was a usual Wednesday morning to which Bangalore woke up, only to be shaken by
the brazen news of a young man of 36 committing suicide due to alleged torture
by wife leaving behind his 1 year old son, 2 married brothers, an old mother
and an unfortunate suicide note blaming his wife and mother-in-law for the
extreme step of ending his life. Techie by Profession, Manoj Kumar worked for
Oracle, while his wife Pramila worked for Bharat Electric Limited.
Manoj
has had a tumultuous marriage. Constant torture by his wife which reached
unbearable limits as she forced him to stay away from his family under threats
of getting him jailed under a false 498A (dowry) case led Manoj to write “Sorry
Son” on his T-Shirt before hanging his body from the ceiling fan on the
unfortunate night of 8th April
2013. This was after his wife abused his entire family, physically assaulted
his brother with a helmet and tried to attack his old mother before she dared
them that she would get them jailed in false dowry case if her demands are not
met.
Manoj
is not a solo victim but amongst lakhs of men who are abused daily in marriages
and with this suicide, he enters the thousands of unfortunate men who die a
silent death in an insensitive society that refuses to protect men.
Far Away in Dehradoon:
Manoj’s
case is not very different from the case of Dr. Prashant Pandey of Dehradoon
who committed suicide about two months ago as he was trapped in false cases and
was not getting justice anywhere from the legal system. 55 days after he
succumbed to the anti-male bias, his perpetrators roam free in the society
while the Dehradoon DCP gives lip-service to his family.
Save Family Foundation
(Regd.)
comprises of families fighting against all laws that aggravate marital
disputes; promote abuse of the elderly; violate basic human rights of men,
women and children; precipitate family break-ups, facilitate the acquittal of
the misuse of the law and promote a fatherless society.
SFF
recognizes such abuse of men is growing by the second and being exasperated,
these men are committing suicides. These men are not dying; they are actually “Martyrs
of Marriage”, as they lay down their lives at the altar of marriage trying
to protect it from their vindictive, abusive, manipulative and greedy wives.
Having
no law at their disposal to protect them and also fearing false cases being
lodged against them under the various anti-male laws, these innocent abused
male victims feel it’s the end of the road and take to the extreme step of
ending their lives. SFF displays solidarity with the families of such victims
and strongly condemns their deaths.
No Isolated Cases:
As
per data provided by the National
Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), every year more than 62000 married men
are committing suicides and the number is rising. In the last 15 years close to
200,000 married men have committed suicide directly due to domestic violence
and torture from wife as per the analysis of NCRB, a unit of Union Home
Ministry.
A mark of respect for the Martyrs of Marriage:
On the Saturday, 13th April, 2013, four cities – Bangalore, Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata –
will rise for men as citizens will be participating in Peaceful Candle March praying
for the departed souls of the Martyrs
of Marriage demanding strict
action against such women and their family members who abet the suicides of
these martyrs.
The Address for Delhi Protest is in front of Delhi Police Headquarters (ITO).
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM, Date: 13 April 2013
SFF
Demands:
1. CrPC 41 Amendment should be strictly followed. Registration of
FIR should be carefully done and Power of Arrest should be carefully exercised.
2. Fair and Unbiased investigation of cases. Complainant’s claims
should be diligently investigated and verified.
3. Police should be sensitized towards issues of domestic violence
faced by men. Proper Complaint redressal mechanism for Husbands harassed by the
wife.
4. The cases related to Suicide of Husband should be dealt with
same sincerity as it is dealt with Wife’s Suicide.
5. Suicide of Married Men is a serious issue (double the rate than
married women) and the unfortunate incident of suicide of Sh. Manoj Kumar
should be reminder to the system to improve its sensitivity towards Married Men
suffering from domestic violence and threats of false cases by the wife.
Join SIF Team
to Stop this legal terrorism of India and demand to replace the word
Husband/wife to Spouse and Men/women to Person to related LAW or policy like all
over world follow instead of making assumption that all Women born in
Raja Harish Chandra family ( never lie) and all Men born in
Criminal family.
