Senior citizen harassment
11 months ago
My maternal grandparents has a daughter (my mother -the eldest) and a son (My mom's brother). Their son is alcoholic and beats them occasionally but they won't tell a thing to my mom. And my mom has no rights to intervene. Their son got married 16 years back. From the initial days itself his wife is not getting well with my grandparents. They live separately after 5months of their marriage. They chased my grandparents out of their own house and made them stay in the adjacent shed house. They divided all properties between them two shares. After 10 years they are now also asking for my grandparents share. His wife speaks ill of my grandparents and never respects them and threatens them. She even brought her whole family to throw stones at my grandparents home few years back.. they have a 15 year old son who is equally spoiled. He also threatened his classmate and got dismissed from school. His wife made all the other villagers not to talk with my grandparents. Even if anyone helped them, she threatens them not to help. My grandparents has no one there now for support everyone is just enjoys watching them suffer with humiliation but they are unwilling to leave their village . I asked them countless times to move in to our house ( we settled in another city of another state but we have our own home in home city which is near to them) but my grandfather is not willing he still worries about his pride in leaving the village. And my grandmother can't leave him alone there. My grandfather even asks my grandmother not to tell all these things to my mom.. but she tells everything to my mom when thatha is not near the phone. My mom is so badly worried about her parents. We can't do anything personally because of the fear of their behaviour. Both their son, his wife and his son are all rude , always asking my grandparents money, and expects them to die soon, threatens them. He bangs my grandparents home door continuously after drinking everyday. He even asked my mom to get out of his home( which is my grandparents) when she visited for a cousin's wedding. They are all cowards who naturally submitted them to a sacrifice. It boils my blood. If I was a boy they would have let me do my way.. but my mom has only one child (daughter). I want two things..
1. My grandparents physical and mental safety.
2. He and his wife should fear when thinking of hurting them, the villagers should stop enjoying such negative drama, his wife should talk respectfully with my grandfather. My grandparents financial safety. Is it right to torture your own parents for money ?
In the given situation, to protect your Grandparents from harassment and humiliation from his elder son and his family, reach out to the office of SDM or DM of the concerned Sub-Division or District to file an application before the Maintenance Tribunal presided over by the SDM/DM u/s.5 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Sr. Citizens Act, 2007 and rules made thereunder explaining therein the nature and details of harassment and humiliation facing by your parents in the hand of his elder son and his family. This benevolent act is exclusively enacted for the protection of the safety and security of Sr.Citizens who are being harassed and abused by their children at their sunset years to lead a life with dignity and peace. No Advocate is allowed in the proceedings to represent the case either on behalf of Sr. Citizens or OP, erring children. Moreover, if any Sr. Citizen is unable to represent his or her grievance, there are Social Service Officer to assist the Sr. Citizen to represent the case suitably before the Maintenance Tribunal after hearing both the party pass an order of maintenance up tp a sum upto Rs.10,000/-pm including order of eviction of erring children from the property belongs to Sr. Citizens/Parents. Hope your parents will get justice before this forum. Further, you can report the crisis of your grandparents to the Elder Helpline(No.14567) launched by the Ministry of Social Justice, Govt of India exclusively for Sr. Citizens to redress any type of Crisis facing in society at their sunset years
As per the information you have mentioned it is advisable to you to file a FIR to police against them.