HYDERABAD: Charminar police arrested a 68-year-old ‘baba’ from Old City for molesting a 19-year-old homemaker. The baba, Shaik Abdul Raheem, is popularly known as Bhai Miya. The woman’s in-laws, Mohd Sadiq (50) and Samina Sultana (50), were also arrested for harassment.DCP of South Zone, V Satyanarayana, said that the in-laws of the woman approached the baba asking him to ensure through black magic that their daughter-in-law delivers a male child.
The baba took Rs 20,000 from them and gave them the assurance of a male heir. He then molested the young woman by touching her private parts and gave her an oil to apply on her abdomen so that her female foetus would turn into a male one. Though she complained to her husband and in-laws about the incidents, they did not support her.
The woman, a resident of Nampally, married Mohammed Mansoor in 2016. Mansoor, who works in Abu Dhabi, left for work after 24 days of marriage. After a few days of him leaving, his wife’s pregnancy was confirmed, after which Bhai Miya was approached in October by the in-laws. The woman narrated her ordeal to her husband when she went to Abu Dhabi to meet him, but he chose to believe his family’s version. In January this year, she returned to Hyderabad and again she was taken to the baba’s house repeatedly, added the DCP.
When the girl refused to visit the baba further, her in-laws threatened to abort her child and also with divorce. After she delivered a baby girl in May this year, her in-laws demanded `10 lakh as penalty. Based on the complaint, a case was registered.