trouble. An Indian couple flew 8,000 miles to help “discipline” their
daughter-in-law, police in Florida have alleged.
67yrs old Jasbir Kalsi
and his wife Bhupinder, 62, are said to have travelled from the Punjab region in
India to Hillsborough County in the US to help “counsel and discipline” son
Devbir’s wife.
Their son’s wife Silky Gaind was
discovered battered and bruised by police officer on Saturday after getting a
message to her parents.
Her in-laws and husband are now facing multiple
charges, including battery. Her father-in-law, who had been visiting with his
wife for about a month, also allegedly held a knife to her throat.
Ms
Gaind, 33, had been held for some time before deputies from the Hillsborough
County Sheriff Office arrived at her door.
Even then, the family
attempted to bar them from entering the house, forcing the officers to call for
back up as Ms Gaind called on them to help her and her one-year-old
daughter.
At a court hearing on Sunday, Ms Gaind told a judge her
33-year-old husband had left her in fear for her life.
“I am so scared,
because last night he was telling me he was going to kill me if I call the
police. He would kill me to death, you know? He told me it would take 10 minutes
for police to come and before that he would kill me and then kill himself,” she
said.
WFLA reported Jasbir Kalsi was facing charges of aggravated battery
with a knife, while her husband Devbir had been charged with felony
battery.
Both are charged with false imprisonment, child abuse and
denying access to 911.
Bhupinder Kalsi was charged with battery, domestic
violence and failure to report child abuse.
