Mumbai: 20-year-old tortured till she miscarried baby girl

Razia and Owais Penwala on their wedding day last FebruaryWhen 20yearold Razia married into the Penwala family she never imagined they would take away all she had money jewellery wedding gifts and even her unborn daughter After a year of being tormented for not bearing a son when she conceived a daughter her inlaws tortured her until she lost the baby The Nagpada police booked her husband and inlaws for foeticide and domestic violenceRazias inlaws Zaida and Firoz Penwala have also been bookedRazia got married to Owais Penwala on February 12 2016 and then moved to Behram Baug Jogeshwari W My motherinlaw would tell me to go back to my fathers house They made me work all day and taunted me about the work Razia told the police The arguments escalated when my sisterinlaw got pregnant and they started asking me when I would give them a son she addedAlso read Navi Mumbai headless torso case Husband inlaws smothered hacked woman in her sleepPregnancy brings no reliefRazia got pregnant in September 2016 but the arguments only got worse The taunts turned into assault my husband would hit me Communication with my parents was completely cut off and things got worse said RaziaIn November 2016 when Razia was 3 months pregnant her husband took her for a ride I was accompanied by my motherinlaw and my brotherinlaws fianceacutee They took me to a clinic to get a sonography test done The sonography revealed that I was with child recalled RaziaAlso read Mumbai woman hangs self after inlaws taunt her over dowryBut after that the harassment got even worse she alleged They made me work even more even though they knew my health was not strong enough added RaziaShe further alleged that her husband even forced her to smuggle gold back from their Bangkok trip and when she tried resisting he forced her to walk for 7 kmMiscarriageOn May 2 Razia started experiencing severe stomach ache and bleeding Razia told her husband and family to get her medical assistance but they didnt pay heed Her father Masood Patel said My daughter called me and begged me to take her home I hurried to Jogeshwari and took her to Bhatia Hospital where she had a stillbirthAlso read Mumbai Crime NRI claims physio husband family hit her when pregnantIt was all because of the torture from her husband and inlaws alleged he father Owais went to see Razia but left in few minutes The next day he messaged to say that he didnt want any further relations with her and that their marriage was overIt was a huge shock for my ailing daughter They demanded jewellery worth R924 lakh furniture and cash amounting to R5 lakh for the wedding which we gave without complaining After all that this is how we were rewarded I want the cops to put them behind bars My daughter could have died of complications I want justice for her said MasoodAlso read Andhra Pradesh Pregnant womans inlaws attempt to torch her after astrologer predicts girl childA case was registered on May 31 against Razias husband Owais Penwala his father Firoz mother Zaida and three more relatives under IPC sections 498 A husband or relative of Husband of a women subjecting her to cruelty 406criminal breach of trust 315 to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth and 34 common intention said an officer from Nagpada police stationHusband saysOwais said We will reply to police accordingly Its a family matter I dont want to discuss it in public