Tortured by son during Covid lockdown, Marine Drive resident gets relief from Bombay High Court

The upscale Marine Drive resident used to operate a travel business which he handed to his son. However, the two fell apart and the verbal and physical assaults increased over the years.

During the hearing of a plea filed by an 85-year-old father against decade-long harassment, abuse and torture that the octogenarian suffered at the hands of his own son, the Bombay high court restrained the son from entering the father’s residence. However, the father will have to pay Rs 50,000 per month to the son for the time being. The father alleged that because of the harassment and the torture inflicted by the son, including physical harm caused to him and his wife, she suffered from hypertension, brain cystitis, chronic kidney disease and ultimately lost her life on March 3, 2020. The father told the court that he and his wife could not gather the courage to report their plight, as they did not want any serious repercussions, and also feared the social stigma in their community, till the harassment and torture at the hands of their son became ‘unbearable’.