New Delhi: A woman sub-inspector of the Delhi Police on Monday made it public on Twitter the regular abuse she has suffered in the hands of her advocate husband Tarun Dabas.
Sub-inspector Doli Tevathia accused her husband of brutally beating her and asked for help on the social media platform, She tagged the handles of the Prime Minister’s Office, the Union Home Ministry, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi and that of women’s rights bodies, including the United Nations’.
I am Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police presently on maternity leave. Today my husband Advocate Mr. Tarun Dabas r/o village- Barwala, Sector-36, Rohini, Delhi came at my home and brutally beat me @PMOIndia @HMOIndia @CPDelhi @DCWDelhi @NCWIndia @indiatvnews @TimesNow @barconcilindia pic.twitter.com/hXbwvuZMHD
— Doli Tevathia (@TevathiaDoli) December 11, 2022
Tevathia also uploaded two security camera footage from 11 December in which her purported husband is seen beating and pushing her to the ground. In one, he tries to slam her to the wall. The assault happens in front of what appears to be the sub-inspector’s maternal home, since she mentions in the tweets that she is on maternity leave.
I am SUB-Inspector in Delhi Police. Presently on maternity leave. I am constantly facing abuse from my husband advocate Mr. Tarun Dabas. Today he beat me in broad daylight. Please ensure action @indiatvnews @TimesNow @barconcilindia @ZeeNewsEnglish @ABPNews @CNNnews18 pic.twitter.com/86jl2ff2Ab
— Doli Tevathia (@TevathiaDoli) December 11, 2022
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Vikram Singh said an FIR has been registered at the Najafgarh police station on Tevathia’s complaint. The charges slapped were — Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341(punishment for wrongful restraint), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).
Tevathia told ThePrint that Dabas has regularly abused and hit her, prompting the Delhi Police officer to move in with her parents some time ago, along with her four-month-old baby boy. “He would pick fights with me on everything — dowry, money etc. He now randomly lands in my maternal house in Najafgarh and beats me while threatening the family too,” she said.
“He has regularly harassed me, while his family (who lives in Rohini) kept saying that such things happen between a husband and wife. He comes here, hits us and then tells his relatives that he came to meet his son,” Tevathia said.
Tevathia and her brother Sumit Kumar claimed they had earlier filed two complaints against Dabas — one in Dwarka and the other in Rohini (with the Joint Commissioner of Rohini) but no action was taken.
One of the previous complaints filed by Kumar, dated 13 September and addressed to DCP Dwarka, mentions two incidents — on 4 and 11 September, when Dabas allegedly came with goons to the Najafgarh house.
Calls to the police were made on both days, triggering a response from officers but no substantial preemptive measure was taken to stop Dabas after the 4 September incident, Kumar claimed.
On 11 September, Kumar alleged that Dabas came with 15 “goons” and kept banging on their door. The police were called, who then asked the husband to leave. Kumar described Dabas as a “habitual drinker and wife beater” who “pressures his wife for money”.
Tevathia said: “I received no calls from the police after the previous complaints were filed by my brother. I didn’t follow up thinking about our son. My husband is very well connected.”
Additional DCP Vikram Singh said the police were checking the allegations. “Further investigation is going on,” he added.
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