She was brought into hospital after attempting to commit suicide with rat poison.
But when nurses examined Sitabai Chouhan, they make a horrific discovery that was medieval in its barbarity.
Four years ago, the housewife had been drugged by her husband Chouhan who then punctured holes with a needle on either side of her genitals.
He had carried out the agonising assault so he could seal her private parts with a padlock when he went to work to stop her having sex with anyone else.
When she was admitted to the Maharaja Yashwant Raoin Hospital in Indore, India, the crudely-fashioned chastity belt was still in place.
It was only removed when police tracked down her husband and retrieved the key. He had kept the keys in his socks.
Head constable Chhaganlal said: ‘The nurses confirmed the existence of a small lock. It was only after the husband’s arrest that the lock could be opened.’
Chouhan said he had done this because several women in his family had 'strayed' in the past. Barbaric: Chouhan said he had assaulted his wife because women in his family had strayed in the past
Mrs Chouhan is being treated in hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Her husband, meanwhile, has been charged with cruelty and voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
Police described him as an alcoholic who was mentally disturbed.
Mrs Chouhan married her husband when she was 16. They have had five
She is said to have attempted suicide after her husband allegedly tried to rape their eldest daughter.
A chastity belt is usually a piece of clothing that can be locked to stop the wearer having sex. The first recorded examples of their use is in the 15th century.
But it is not a item completely alien to modern India. Human rights groups have reported their use in the conservative state of Rajasthan as recently as 2007.
Gender rights activists say Indian women face a barrage of threats in India.
Many of the crimes against women are a result of a deep-rooted mindset that women are inferior and must be restricted to being homemakers and childbearers.
In addition, age-old customs such as payment of hefty dowries at the time of marriage and widely held beliefs linking a female's sexual behaviour to family honour have allowed gender crimes to persist.
Earlier this month, a dentist was reportedly arrested in Karnataka after his wife accused him of forcing her to drink his urine because she refused to meet dowry demands.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175512/Sohanlal-Chouhan-drilled-holes-wifes-genitals-seal-PADLOCK-went-work.html#ixzz211EEHwnH
COMMENTS
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LordFangor
01:42 Jul 19 2012
Barbaric is right!
schedule1
01:46 Jul 19 2012
I drill my wife ALL of the time. Only figuratively, NOT literally!
Isis101
01:52 Jul 19 2012
This is horrific. And sadly, it isn't a 'once in a blue moon' kind of thing.
That husband - and men like him - deserves to be skinned alive, then have his genitals cut off piece by tiny piece.
tr1n1ty01
04:54 Jul 19 2012
That is fucked up!!! Isis!!! We need to go after him too!!!!
MisfitChick423
23:28 Jul 19 2012
That is messed up
DarkMuse
21:24 Sep 25 2012
OMG...that is awful, never heard of such a thing.
Hell, it might go on here in the US...one just never knows.
DaisyRecherche
16:23 Dec 08 2012
Sometimes you read something that makes you wanna shove a sharp pencil into your eye-socket so you can lobotomize yourself.
This is one of those times.