Alcoholic husbands face broomsticks and fines

Alcoholic husbands in Odisha beware! The womenfolk in the state have decided to dealt with their drunk husbands' bad behaviour with iron hand.

Encouraged by a women's organisation, the wives have now decided to impose a fine of Rs 501 and a hit with a broomstick if their husbands come home drunk.

The organisation under Khaparakhai ward no. 13 belonging to Anandpur Municipal Council have procured 100 broomsticks for the purpose.

Setting a precedence, a drunkard husband was beaten up by his wife with broomstick after he shouted at her in his usual tone last Friday. The women said that the new formula worked and his husband accepted his guilt and apologised.
After this husband beating incident, many drunk husband did not return to their home for three days fearing punishment. The local ladies have also demanded closure of the nearby liquor shop.

Considering their demand, the Additional Collector Madhusudan Das has assured them about the closure of liquor shops by March 31.

According to reports, tribal women in Odisha are the worst sufferers of domestic violence by drunkard husbands.