Victims and activists say criminalising marital rape in India would act as a powerful deterrent and go a long way to protecting women in their own homes.
New Delhi (AFP) - Almost immediately after Deepti's wedding at a traditional ceremony in the Indian capital, the horrific abuse began -- behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband.
"He was brutal. He forcefully had sex with me even when I was admitted sick to hospital," she told AFP, shuddering at the memory of the assaults which she endured for months before running away.
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