Badri Maya was brutally beaten by her husband Krishna Bahadur Bishwakarma for taking to a man in the neighborhood. Worse still Krishna Bahadur threw acid on her private parts as he though his wife was having an affair with the man. [break]
Fortunately, she was immediately rushed to Gajendranarayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital for treatment. Badri Maya has been receiving treatment at the hospital for the last two weeks.
“He beat me up mercilessly and threw acid on my private parts while I was cooking dinner. He did this to me as he throught I was having an affair with the man,” said Badri Maya. “He always tortured me but had never before treaated me so brutally,”she said.
An NGO working for the welfare of women has been providing for the medical expenses of Badri Maya.
Chief of the organization Kusum Acharya shared that the money for Badi Maya´s treatment had been collected from locals.
“We took her to Unique Hospital at Raipur immediately after we knew of the incident. We collected Rs 5,000 from each of our members for her treatment. We have already spent around Rs 15,000,” said Acharya. Badri Maya was taken to the zonal hospital four days later.
According to the doctors at the hospital, Badri Maya is gradually recuperrating.
Meanwhile, Acharya informed that police are still looking for her husband who has been absconding after the incident. Badri Maya is the second wife of 48-year-old Krishna.
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