Lucknow, May 15 -- Lockdown might have brought life to a standstill but cases of domestic violence have continued to go north.
Sample this: Shushma (not real name) was beaten up by her husband in Lucknow as she forgot to spice up the arhar daal with garlic and chilli last week.
In a startling revelation, National Commission for Women Chairman Rekha Sharma claimed that during lockdown, the number of domestic violence cases went up by almost 50 per cent. What is ominous is that UP is leading the infamous pack with the state accounting for over 40 per cent cases between March 25 and May 11.
"In fact, cases of domestic violence have gone up during lockdown. We do not have off-line figures, but online figures went north by almost 50 per cent ...