Woman forces husband to sell kidney at Rs 10 lakh, elopes with money and lover
Kolkata, Feb 2 (PTI): A woman allegedly coaxed her husband to sell his kidney for Rs 10 lakh to raise money for their daughter's education, only to flee with another man taking away the entire cash in West Bengal’s Howrah district, a police officer said on Sunday.
Police launched a probe based on a complaint lodged by the husband's family living in Sankrail.
The woman had been pestering her husband for the past one year to sell his kidney and earn some money to run their household in a better way and admit their 12-year-old daughter to a good school, according to the complaint.
Believing in his wife, the man agreed to go under the scalpel after she sealed a contract with a buyer for Rs 10 lakh to sell the organ. After the surgery held last month, the man brought home the money. His wife asked him to take rest and not step outside for a speedy recovery.
"Then one day she left the house and did not return. I later found the entire amount of Rs 10 lakh in cash along with some more was missing from the almirah," the man said.
The family could finally track her to a house in Kolkata’s northern suburbs Barrackpore, far away from Howrah, with the help of their friends and acquaintances.
In that house, she was residing with the man she had allegedly eloped. She had allegedly been in an affair with him for the past one year after meeting him on Facebook, according to the complaint.
However, when her husband, mother-in-law and daughter went to the Barrackpore house of the man, she refused to come out. Her lover allegedly told them that she would file a divorce suit alleging physical and mental torture by the woman's in-laws in the 16 years of their marital life.
Talking to reporters, the man denied she had taken any cash from the in-laws’ home at Sankrail and claimed she only took away the money she had saved.
The officer said that based on the complaint and scanning the video footage of the lover’s interaction with the husband’s family, police launched a probe into the complaint.
Police said they would question the woman and her lover before initiating any action.
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Sujit Nair raises concerns over speculation of DMK-AIADMK understanding to block TVK
Chennai: Journalist and political commentator Sujit Nair has expressed concern over speculation that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam could explore a post-poll understanding to prevent Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam from forming the government in Tamil Nadu.
In a social media post, Sujit Nair said the election verdict in Tamil Nadu reflected a clear public demand for political change and argued that the mandate should be respected irrespective of political preferences.
Referring to reports and political discussions surrounding a possible understanding between the DMK and AIADMK, he said he hoped such developments remained only speculative conversations and did not turn into reality.
Nair stated that if such an alliance were to take shape, it would raise serious questions about ideological politics in the country. He said TVK had emerged through a democratic electoral process and that the legitimacy to govern in a parliamentary democracy comes from the people’s verdict.
According to him, attempts to prevent an electoral winner from forming the government through unexpected political arrangements may be constitutionally valid, but many people could view them as politically opportunistic.
He further said that such a move could particularly affect the political image of the DMK, which has historically projected itself around ideology, social justice and opposition politics. Nair said that in ideological terms, the DMK appeared closer to TVK than to the AIADMK, and joining hands with its long-time political rival only to remain in power could weaken its broader political narrative.
He added that the same questions would apply to the AIADMK as well, as the party had spent decades positioning itself against the DMK and such an arrangement could create discomfort among its cadre and supporters.
Drawing a comparison with Maharashtra politics in 2019, Nair said he had expressed similar views when the Shiv Sena formed an alliance with the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party after the Assembly elections.
He said post-poll alliances between long-standing political rivals often create a public perception that ideology and electoral mandates become secondary when political power equations come into play.
Nair also said such developments increase public cynicism towards politics and reinforce the belief among voters that ideology is often sidelined after elections.
He maintained that the Tamil Nadu verdict was emphatic and said respecting both the spirit and substance of the mandate was important for the credibility of democratic politics.
