Women’s commission approached in Ayesha-Shoaib case

An online complaint has been registered with the National Commission of Women (NCW) urging the women’s rights panel to take action in the controversy surrounding Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik’s alleged marriage to Ayesha Siddiqui.Acting on the basis of media reports, Naresh Kadiyan, a social activist from Haryana, has registered a complaint on Ayesha’s behalf that the girl had been subjected to cruelty and harassed for dowry.An NCW complaint cell official said: “Suitable action will be taken in this case only once a competent authority like a member approves the case. There will be a probe after that only. ”Ayesha, who claims to be Malik’s wife, Sunday lodged a police complaint in Hyderabad against him for cheating her after it was announced that he planned to marry Indian tennis star Sania Mirza April 15.Ayesha complained that Shoaib was warning her to keep mum and was going ahead with his second marriage with Mirza without divorcing her. Ayesha filed the complaint under sections 498 A (harassment), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.“We registered the complaint online yesterday (Sunday). I spoke to the designated counsellor. He appears to be on leave but has assured me that action will be taken at the earliest, within three weeks, since the case has come in the media eye,” Kadiyan, who heads non-government organisation People for Animals Haryana, said.Kadiyan said he did not know Ayesha or her family.“I don’t know the girl. I just wanted that if it is a case of harassment then the issue should be probed and action taken. Let police verify if there is any truth in what she (Ayesha) says. If yes we will support her, else we will withdraw support,” he added.
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