Wife thrashed for entering poll fray
From Our Correspondent

JAIPUR, Nov 7 — A police case has been registered against BSP's Rajasthan unit chief and former minister Jagat Singh Dayma for thrashing his wife Urvashi in public at Behror yesterday in a bid to stop her from filing her nomination papers from the Bansur constituency from where Dayma too is contesting as a BSP candidate.

Both husband and wife are have had estranged relations for quite some time. Urvashi has had filed complaints against Dayma with the police earlier too. She had announced in advance that she would challenge her husband in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha election from whichever constituency he chose to fight. True to her word, Urvashi went to Behror to file papers on Friday and was staying there as a guest with Ms Maya Yadav, President of the BSP's women wing of Rajasthan.

While Urvashi was on her way to the returning officer's office she was stopped by Jagat Singh Dayma. Her husband started beating her with shoes and his hands. A journalist accompanying the woman was also severely beaten. Holding her braid, Dayma dragged her to Ms Maya Yadav's residence, inflicting blows continuously. Eyewitnesses say that in the scuffle, Urvashi's clothes were torn. Yadav threatened that if she did not desist from filing nomination papers, he would kill her.

Seeing the drama, a large number of people gathered outside Ms Yadav's residence and started shouting slogans against Dayma. Meanwhile, police arrived on the scene and escorted Urvashi out from the spot. She later filed her nomination papers under police protection.

While Urvashi was in the process of completing formalities regarding nomination, Dayma and his supporters too arrived at the SDM's office to file his papers. Urvashi was whisked away from there by the police and locked in a room. She was taken out from there after Dayma left the returning officer's room. Later, a case was registered against Dayma at the Behror police station.

Urvashi has sent a complaint to the Election Commission in this regard, urging that she be provided security guards since her husband can kill her any time. "My life is in danger. I can be murdered any time. My husband is thirsty of my blood. He attacked me with an intention to kill. My husband has illicit relations with a worker of his party and wants to eliminate me", she has written to the Election Commission.