Srinagar: Police on Saturday booked a person for allegedly ‘assaulting’ his ailing, aged parents and not allowing them to enter their own home at Nowgam locality in uptown Srinagar.
Police action comes in response to a complaint filed by the mother of the accused, alleging that not only did their son physically assault them, but he is also not allowing them into their own house for the past one year.
Taking cognizance of the complaint, police booked the accused under various sections of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), including section 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), Section 126(2) (wrongful restraint as the act of voluntarily preventing someone from moving in any direction they are legally permitted to go) and section 351(2) (criminal intimidation).
The victims have been identified as Ghulam Ahmad Wani and his wife Taja Banoo of S.A Colony Nowgam.
A formal case FIR number 77 of 2024 stands registered at police station Nowgam in this regard.
The accused (son) identified as Mohammad Ashraf Wani, son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani, has been brought to the police station concerned for questioning pending investigation.
Confirming the allegations of cruelty meted out to the parents by their son, a police spokesperson said the accused is being questioned at the moment.
“Acting upon a written complaint of accused person’s mother namely Mst Taja Banoo wife of Ghulam Ahmad Wani, a criminal case FIR No. 77/2024 under section 74, 126(2), 351(2) BNS has been registered in Police Station Nowgam and investigation initiated,” the spokesperson added.
A video depicting the cruelty meted out to the ailing, old-aged parents by their son, he claimed, is being widely shared on social media platforms.
