HIV positive man hides status, wife lodges complaint against him in Bengaluru

Woman files plaint against her husband for who allegedly concealed the fact that he was HIV positive before marriage. The 25-year-old woman, who had tested positive for HIV, approached the police charging that she was thrown out by her husband demanding more dowry.

Bengaluru: A woman in Karnataka has lodged a complaint against her husband for hiding his HIV positive status from her before marriage, police said on Friday. In a complaint with the Basavanagudi Woman's Police Station, the woman, (25), said even after learning that he was HIV infected, she continued to live with him but he threw her out of the house and snatched all the jewellery given by her parents.

Based on the complaint, the police have registered an FIR against the 35-year-old engineer. According to police, the accused working at a reputed company married the victim, an accountant, on March 12, 2018. Even during their honeymoon, he did not consummate the marriage citing stomach ache.

Upon returning from their honeymoon, he started harassing her for dowry. He also took lakhs of rupees from the woman's father on the pretext of taking up computer courses. The victim claimed that she chanced upon his HIV test report, while she was rummaging through his room when he was away for some work. Later, to her horror, she too tested positive for the virus. The woman told police that her husband had not disclosed his HIV status before marriage.

"My husband is not even telling me whether he got it after coming into contact with other women. Now, I am infected with HIV after coming into contact with him," the police quoted the woman as saying. The accused continued to harass her following which she approached the State Women's Commission. The officers had counselled the couple.

(With Agency inputs)