Hyderabad, March 02: Most of the newly-married working couples appear to be having complaints against each other. At least, this is the indication from the increasing number of cases of marital discord that are pouring in at the fully operational Mahila Support Centre at the Central Crime Station (CCS).
And if you thought that it is only the poorer sections of the society that are turning up at the support centre, then you are wrong.
Most of the young couples are either doctors or are working in BPOs and reputed IT firms! “Ego clashes and gender issues are the key factors that are driving a wedge between the couples.
In most cases, both wife and husband are professionals and draw equal salaries. They are highly educated,” explains Ch V Sunitha, incharge of the Mahila Support Centre.
She told Expresso that they were receiving about 15 cases pertaining to family disputes and most of them were being solved through counselling.
“We try our best to create an amicable atmosphere between wife and husband when they approach us for help. On an average, 45 cases are registered per month under categories like alcoholic husband, extra-marital affairs, financial issues, ego clashes and gender issues,’’ she said.
About 1,227 cases have been handled by the social workers at the CCS Mahila police station. Of them, 531 couples have decided to live together, 174 cases have gone for divorce, 352 cases have been booked under section 498 A, 112 cases were referred to Protection Officer for Domestic Violence (DV) Act, 68 cases were referred to short stay homes and rest of the cases were referred for psychiatric help, Sunitha said.
Kota Sivakumari, secretary, Society for Women’s Awareness and Rural Development (SWARD), an organisation which is assisting the support centre, said the support centres provided multi-pronged support required for survivors and complainants of violence to prevent and counter crime against women.
–Agencies