Man Pours Acid On Wife Because She Gave Birth To A Girl Not A Boy

Man Pours Acid On Wife Because She Gave Birth To A Girl Not A Boy

A man has poured acid over his wife on International Women’s Day after she gave birth to a baby girl, leaving her in a serious condition.

32-year-old Siraj Biwi reportedly threw acid over his wife, 25-year-old Farah Biwi, while she slept. The attack was apparently motivated by her ‘failure’ to produce a son and fulfil her dowry.

Farah from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was left with burns on her face, hands and stomach and is currently being treated in hospital.

The couple had been married for eight years, and had produced two daughters. Police are now looking for Siraj, with the intention of arresting him on the charge of voluntarily causing grievous harm.

Farah has stated:

After the birth of the first girl only, my in-laws started to target me as if I deliberately delivered a baby girl. The harassment kept intensifying as time passed by.

For the past year, things had become much worse. Under pressure from his family, my husband would ask me to get more money from my parents and give it to them.

When I didn’t oblige them, they started to beat me up. It come to a pass when my second daughter was born.

She added:

I was trying to live with the daily dose of torture, and thinking about the well being my daughters. If I part ways from the man, who would provide for my two daughters and myself?

But I could never imagine that he would go to the extent of pouring acid on me. I won’t forgive him for this ever.

You can learn more about Farah’s ordeal in the following clip:

Farah’s elder sister, Nusrat Jahan, has also spoken out about this shocking incident:

Farah was married to Siraj, a labour contractor, eight years ago.

However, for the past one year, differences between them had arisen after he started demanding dowry.

And the birth of the second girl severed as the trigger for the latest incident.

Sadly, Farah is not the only woman to have been attacked in this viscous manner. According to Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI), 300 attacks were recorded in India back in 2016. ASTI believe the true number of attacks per year may well be over 1000.

Over the past few years, the Indian government have attempted to tackle this issue by passing new acid specific legislation, with a particular focus on control the sale of acid as well as compensation for survivors. Implementation of this new legislated varies in consistency from one state to the next.

Disturbingly, 76 per cent of acid attack cases involve the perpetrator being known to the victim; such as the case between Farah and Siraj.

The UK has one of the highest rates of recorded acid attacks per capita than anywhere else in the world. With 454 attacks in London during 2016 alone.

Men are more likely to be victims of acid attacks in the UK than women, with many of these attacks being gang related.

Our thoughts are with Farah and her daughters as the young mother receives treatment for her injuries.