Court summons senior cop in case for intimidation of ‘abused’ wife
The Bandra magistrate’s court has summoned the senior inspector of the Mahim Police in a case involving the alleged criminal intimidation of a woman who has accused the cop of coercing her into settling a marital dispute instead of registering a dowry harassment case.
Senior inspector Dastagir Mulla has been asked to be present before the court on July 30. The woman has said she approached the court after Mulla used force in an attempt to settle her marital dispute. He was an inspector with the Kherwadi police at the time of the alleged crime.
Nargis Sheikh was married in 2009 to Imraan, and they resided at government colony. She alleged that four months into the marriage she was beaten for not fulfilling a demand of Rs 1 lakh in dowry. She claimed that in early 2013, she was beaten and kicked out of the house with her son. Sheikh approached the police with her mother to lodge a complaint. An officer heard her and recorded her statement.
Sheikh said it did not end there. Two days later, on May 14, 2013, Mulla called her mother and told her to sleep well because she was going to prison the next day. “When I told him that I would come to the police station the next day and he could arrest me there, he cut the call,” says Sheikh’s complaint. “The next day was even worse, because he kept saying how powerful he was and that I should settle the dispute with my husband. The calls didn’t stop even after my lawyer spoke to him.”
Sheikh then filed a private complaint with the Bandra magistrate’s court last year, alleging “insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, criminal intimidation, (and) intent to insult the modesty of a woman”. Magistrate RN Ambatkar asked Sheikh and her mother to testify and found prima facie evidence against the senior PI. “This order shows that the law is enforceable against every wrongdoer, even if he is a police officer,” advocate Aslam Farooqui, who is representing Sheikh, told Mirror. Mulla rubbished the claims. “This is a bogus case. We tried to settle the dispute between husband and wife, but she didn’t like it, which is why she registered the case,” he told Mirror.
Senior inspector Dastagir Mulla has been asked to be present before the court on July 30. The woman has said she approached the court after Mulla used force in an attempt to settle her marital dispute. He was an inspector with the Kherwadi police at the time of the alleged crime.
Nargis Sheikh was married in 2009 to Imraan, and they resided at government colony. She alleged that four months into the marriage she was beaten for not fulfilling a demand of Rs 1 lakh in dowry. She claimed that in early 2013, she was beaten and kicked out of the house with her son. Sheikh approached the police with her mother to lodge a complaint. An officer heard her and recorded her statement.
She alleged Mulla, who was present in the room at the time, told her that she should not register any case against her husband because he was rich and powerful. “He will not give you a single penny and you don’t have the money to be going to court for years. Who is it that you like that you are making allegations against him?” he told Sheikh, according to her complaint against him.
Sheikh said it did not end there. Two days later, on May 14, 2013, Mulla called her mother and told her to sleep well because she was going to prison the next day. “When I told him that I would come to the police station the next day and he could arrest me there, he cut the call,” says Sheikh’s complaint. “The next day was even worse, because he kept saying how powerful he was and that I should settle the dispute with my husband. The calls didn’t stop even after my lawyer spoke to him.”
Sheikh then filed a private complaint with the Bandra magistrate’s court last year, alleging “insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, criminal intimidation, (and) intent to insult the modesty of a woman”. Magistrate RN Ambatkar asked Sheikh and her mother to testify and found prima facie evidence against the senior PI. “This order shows that the law is enforceable against every wrongdoer, even if he is a police officer,” advocate Aslam Farooqui, who is representing Sheikh, told Mirror. Mulla rubbished the claims. “This is a bogus case. We tried to settle the dispute between husband and wife, but she didn’t like it, which is why she registered the case,” he told Mirror.
