[lbo-talk] First arrest made under India's Domestic Violence Act

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Sat Oct 28 09:01:28 PDT 2006


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Sam Daniel

Saturday, October 28, 2006 (Chennai):

The country's first arrest under the new and powerful Domestic Violence Act has been reported from Chennai.

Joseph, a peon employed in the Tamil Nadu water and drainage board, was arrested on charges of beating his wife.

His wife, Benedict Mary, a government schoolteacher, filed a complaint with the police.

According to her complaint, her husband beat her up with a stick and an umbrella after a quarrel in the night.

She is injured and has been admitted into a hospital.



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