30-year-old youth arrested in Pune for locking wife’s genitals

PUNE: The police arrested a 30-year-old youth, who suspected his wife’s character, for drilling and putting a lock on her genitals. The shocking incident happened at Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra. The youth is a Nepali. Using a sharp blade, he cut two holes on both sides of her genitals, put iron screws and then put a lock on her genital area.

The youth identified as Upendra Hudake suspected his wife’s character. On May 11, he came home drunk and then beat and kicked her. He later tied her with a stole and then committed the heinous act. The 28-year-old woman cried in pain but he did not withdraw from the act. The neighbours, who heard her screams came rushing and saw her lying in blood with severe pain. They rushed the woman to a hospital and she underwent an emergency surgery to remove the iron screws and lock.

The police arrested him after an investigation conducted on the woman’s complaint. The police said that strict action will be taken against him. The youth was working as a watchman and she was a housewife.

Chastity lock
A chastity lock was used by some people in ancient times to protect the chastity of the wife when her husband was not around. After putting the chastity belt of leather, around the woman's waist, the husband locks it with a lock and key. It covers only the vagina completely. Therefore, there was no problem in attending nature’s call. These locks were mostly used by men going for wars and so on. A woman is not able to remove it on their own. If it was removed or damaged, it was confirmed then that she was into an illegal relationship.

Usually, the chastity lock was made of leather, but depending on the financial situation, gold, silver and brass were used instead of leather. Some believe that during the industrial revolution in Europe, women workers donned similar armor to protect themselves from lecherous masters in factories. However, majority believe that it was just a concept.