Reportedly, six years ago Noujisha had nearly died by suicide exhausted from her husband’s torture but couldn’t summon the ‘courage’ to do so. Instead, she decided to fight all odds.

When my family and I first got help, what I felt as a child was that I met this kind lady who I sensed in my gut was safe.

Her alleged complaint against Mohanty is that he assaulted and harassed her. The matter has been listed in the court for hearing on 7 September .

We often associate “domestic violence” with only physical abuse, forgetting that abuse can be mental, physical, verbal and also financial.