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To,

Shri Banabir Saha,

son of Late Barendra Saha
residing at Basantik Apartment, Flat No. 3B
708 Niranjan Pally, Block-B, Kalitala Park,
Bansdroni, Kolkata – 700070 and working for gain as
Senior Superintendent (Proof Reading), Press Confidential,
Department of Controller of Examinations, University of Calcutta,
87/1, College Street,
Kolkata - 700073

Under instructions from and on behalf of my client Krishna Saha Banik, Shri Banabir
Saha, residing at Basantik Apartment, 708 Niranjan Pally, Block-B, Kalitala Park,
Bansdroni, Kolkata – 700070, I write to you as follows:-

1. The marriage between you and my client was solemnized after negotiation on
09.07.2012. Since the day of marriage my client had been facing immense mental
pressure and torture by you. On the next day of marriage (basi biye), when all the
rituals were over, you suddenly said you will not take my client to her matrimonial
home which was shocking and frustrating to a newly married bride.

2. After finding her shelter at the matrimonial home, my client was pressurised for
dowry and you have forced my client to handover her salary for “better management
of the matrimonial home”. My client had to follow your instructions at that time with
expectation that by passage of time everything will be fine. Every month you took
away salary of my client and my client had to beg for her travel expenses every
day for office and my client was given Rs. 25-30 every day and her mobile used to
be recharged of Rs. 20 only by you. After marriage, my client was pressurised by
you prematurely withdraw many of her old savings and she had to hand over the
same to you. All her then existing insurances lapsed as inspite of earnest request
for premium amount from her own salary was not given by you as you have started
misappropriating her salary and savings. Finally insurance policies lapsed, and my
client has enough evidence of those lapsed policies. My client was not allowed to
spend any amount for her personal needs also as after handing over of salary to you
she had no money left with her.

3. On further instructions from and on behalf of my client, I further state that all
Stridhan articles including gold ornaments were taken away from her and was kept in
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your colleague Mr. Chandan Pattanayak’s locker. Every time you used to insult my
client in public and with many false allegations tried to damage her image and
wanted to prove that my client was a liar. Since marriage you never spent time with
my client that disturbed normal conjugal life.

4. You have wilfully and negligently stopped medical treatment of Dr. Baidyanath
Chakraborty and thus forcefully resisted my client from attaining motherhood due to
reasons best known to you. You intentionally discontinued the treatment many a
time on some false pretext without informing my client or given false excuses. Rather
on this excuse you were taking away all the money from my client and made my
client completely bankrupt.

5. Many a days when my client went to her paternal house for some occasions,
when she returned, you said over phone nobody is at home and door is locked. Then
she had to stay at her sister’s house and with same clothes she had to attend office
almost a week. Although, you were at home.

6. When my client was under Dr. Baidyanath Chakraborty’s treatment, once you
forced my client to send her to her parent’s house with an injection that was
scheduled to be administrated at a particular date and under particular (cool)
temperature. To maintain the temperature you had to brought the medicine from
Shishu Mangal hospital medical store in ice bag and kept in refrigerator. Inspite of
knowing that carrying the medicine in outside temperature for hours will destroy its
medicinal value and will be of no use, you forced her to take this medicine with her
for 3 to 4 hours train journey in normal temperature. This incident shows your
extreme casualty and unwillingness of having a child and this is mental cruelty to my
client.

7. On a number of occasions, you have given out to my client that she is forcefully
staying in her matrimonial house and that for staying at a flat at Kolkata costs at least
Rs. 10,000/- per month. My client faced immense torture for not having enough
bank balance and you are very eager and curious to about the title deeds of my
client’s parental house.
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8. You used to lie randomly and after a certain point of time my client felt very
insecure as her parents were not alive and had no financial support or back up then
she started protesting.

9. After one year of marriage you have celebrated marriage anniversary

gorgeously and since my client informed her family members that she was being
subjected to regular tortured for dowry, her family gifted a washing machine in the
celebration which my client was not allowed to use for 10 yrs. Recently, after a long
fighting my client started using though she had to spend Rs. 3500 on the machine
as some parts were damaged for not using it for long time.

10. This is to inform you further that whenever my client brought the aforesaid facts
to your notice, you started giving false allegations on my client by saying that they
have cheated you regarding her age and that my client had misrepresented and
mislead you by wearing a lens in her eye instead of spectacle which is absolutely
wrong. This is to place on record that the marriage was registered by providing all
details including address and age proof of both spouses.

11 That my client was driven out of her matrimonial home by you and in the
month of February, 2021 my client went to Police Station and the Police advised to
arrange a meeting with family members of both parties to resolve all the issues
which is mentioned in the diary registered in Police station. At the said meeting you
promised not to snatch the salary of my client and undertook to bear all expenses of
my client including food. Thereafter my client started staying in her matrimonial home
again. Unfortunately, your promise of bearing all expenses of my client including
food has not been kept till date.

12. During 2nd wave of Covid, my client’s office allowed work from home for those
who could arrange computer or those who had laptop. Inspite of having a computer
at home you did not allow her to use the system. She informed you that her office
was ready to replace any parts if required, you did not pay heed to her request and
she had to attend office every day during that crisis. She could have got that
infection and even could die. Finally, when complete lockdown was declared by govt.
her office arranged a laptop for her. During 40 days lock down she had to work from
home for 8-9 hours/ day and it is very unfortunate that you did not allow her to sit in a
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chair while working. She had to sit on a stool during her working hours for those 40
days.

13. In the meantime the mother in law of my client died. My client did look after her
when she fell sick till her death. At that point of time inspite of her repeated request
you did not engage any attendant for night. After sleepless night every day for almost
a month she had to attend office in the morning completing all household work. You
did not bother to look after my client.

14. After the death of mother in law of my client, you captured the domestic help
with money and started teasing my client with her every day. My client requested
many a time both of you not to do that. You did not stop. At one point of time, it
crossed limit and my client protested and told you that she shall inform police station.
The domestic help went away in fear of police. You become successful of imposing
the entire domestic work on my client inspite of her long working hours in private
sector.

15. Within few months of your mother’s death, keeping my client alone at home you
went out of home for 4-5 days without giving proper address of your destination.
During this time she had faced lots of problem as there was a massive disaster of
electricity, she became scared and called you repeatedly till mid night but not
received any response from you in next 24 hrs.

16. In the meantime my client fell ill and went to doctor. Doctor advised her rest and
not to carry weight. In spite of repeated request you have purposefully not engaging
new domestic help. You are continuously neglecting my client and wilfully failed to
provide her basic needs even regular food and amenities at home. You are also not
taking care of her health issues. During any of her health issues she is to take help
from her elder sister (65 yrs. Old and sick) /her nephew or neighbours. This is
extreme irresponsibility/cruelty towards your wife.

17. My client wanted to keep you aware of the place where her mediclaim
(purchased at her own money) cashless card is kept. You denied to pay attention to
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it saying you do not have any financial responsibility towards her health issues. You
are so negligent that you are not taking steps for repairing the damaged bathroom
fittings including commode to force my client to carry heavy water buckets. Although
she informed you that lifting of weight is restricted for her as per doctor’s advice.

18. Surprisingly, after so many years of marriage my client’s voter/ Aadhar card
address not yet been changed, neither your name as husband appears there. Even
after marriage she had to make her Aadhar card under her father’s name who is not
alive.

19. It is also very surprising and painful that even after 12 years of marriage you did
not open any joint bank account with my client. You have also not invested any
amount in her name in any fixed deposit or LIC policy to secure her future as your
wife. My client even did not know your actual income and whether in official papers
you have included her name as nominee. In such circumstances my client was
compelled to file an application under Right to Information Act with the appropriate
authority of the University of Calcutta and also you denied to give consent to the
University’s concerned authority for divulging the information she has sought for.

20. I on further instructions from my client inform you that since last one year every
Sunday around 11 a.m. you are leaving home on the pretext of attending office for
urgent works and returning in the evening. My client is not aware whether the Office
of Calcutta University could be open of every Sunday. My client is apprehending that
you are cheating her by taking advantage of her simplicity and keen interest to save
the marriage. My client is spending her days in great tension, stress, hardship due to
your complete non-cooperation, arrogant nature, misbehaviour, torture, failing to
provide food and fulfil basic needs, body shaming of her to her relatives and
acquaintances, defaming her in public, calling her relatives (close & far) at odd hours
of night to humiliate her etc. Some of them are old and some are seriously ill (were
going for brain operation) and in no way was involved or interested in this marriage.
They have expressed their annoyance towards this activity and requested not to
disturb them.
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21. My client is not allowed to use the matrimonial house as her own and you are
treating her as an outsider. She is not even allowed to bring/place any article to
beautify or meet any necessity of the house.

22. My client heard you to discuss with your married sister Banalata Basu who
assured you of preparing food for you, immediately you stopped providing food to my
client. Banalata Basu is coming in my client’s absence to prepare your food and you
are least bothered of my client’s regular food. Number of times she requested you to
appoint a maid as she was not well. You did not listen to her. You have thrown her
into a suffocating environment and also created an indirect mental pressure so that
she can not stay in the matrimonial house any more.

23. In the aforesaid circumstances, I on further instructions from my client above

named hereby call upon you to forthwith all sorts of cruelty and domestic violence on
my client, stop defaming my client with false and baseless allegations, stop calling
her relatives with allegations against my client, provide food and basic amenities to
my client, stop body shaming, stop verbal assaults and abuses, spend quality time
with my client on weekends, allow her to use computer at home, repair bathroom
fittings and commode, engage maid servant, stop mental cruelties perpetrated on my
client, provide free ingress and egress to and from her matrimonial home. You are
also requested to immediately return my client’s Stridhan/gold jewelleries that you
have taken away from her and misappropriating the same without knowledge and
consent of my client.

24. My client is scared of the situation and she is ready for installation of CCTV
inside the flat for which she is ready to bear the expenses. Please co-operate with
her by sharing documents to change her voter and Aadhar card address. Please act
accordingly to resolve all issues. If you have any lawful grievance against my client
you can approach court for relief.

Thanking you, Yours faithfully,

Copy to:-

1.The Chairperson,/ The Member Secretary, Advocate

West Bengal Commission for Women,
Jalasampad Bhawan,
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10th Floor,
Block – DF, Sector – 1,
Salt Lake City,
Kolkata – 700091.
.. for information

2.Client

Krishna Saha Banik

Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd.

8/1/B Diamond Harbour Road

Kolkata -700027