From struggling abusive marriage to being suicidal, Kerala lady overcomes odds to change into cop
3 min read Express News Service
KOZHIKODE: “Finally, I decided to call it quits from life. I had no other way out of the extreme torture inflicted by my husband. That night, I slowly walked towards the well. My plan was to jump into it, but when I neared it, I lost courage. My body began to shiver,” A Noujisha recollects about her suicide try in 2016.
The traumatised lady of Panthirikkara close to Perambra developed wings from that time and began pursuing her desires. Now, she is a civil police officer (WCPO) underneath coaching at Peruvannamuzhi.
Thirty-one-year-old Noujisha, an MCA holder, had a quick stint as a visitor lecturer earlier than her marriage in 2013. “I had told my husband’s family about my ambition to go for work before the alliance was fixed. They agreed then, but my husband reneged on the promise after tying the knot. My husband didn’t value the certificates I had obtained by burning the midnight oil for long,” she stated.
Then, home violence began and he or she someway survived the bodily assaults and trauma. After three-and-a-half-years of ordeal, she returned to her home alongside along with her son.
Noujisha started instructing in a parallel school in Perambra together with attending teaching courses for Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) aggressive examinations. “I soon realised that I need full-time coaching and I stopped teaching. Meanwhile, she filed the divorce petition. “It was a horrible section in my life — preventing the case with a non-reliable lawyer, attending teaching courses and citing my child.” She shudders on the considered that point.
Next yr, Noujisha discovered a spot within the KPSC supplementary listing for the decrease division clerk put up in Ernakulam district. She was referred to as for a bodily take a look at within the lady civil police officer (WCPO) put up in Kasaragod however failed. Undeterred, she continued attending examinations. She obtained the 141st rank within the state-wide listing for WCPO put up adopted by the primary rank within the Muslim (no candidate accessible) listing of WCPO in Thrissur and eighth within the rank listing in Ernakulam.
“As I wanted to work in my home district, I opted for the state-wide rank list and joined as a woman cop on April 15. Tears rolled down my cheeks when I got the appointment order,” she informed The New Indian Express.
Noujisha stated she was afraid to method the police when she was in dire want of assist struggling violence and torture from her husband. “Now, I have found that there is no need to harbour such fears and any woman can directly go to the police. There is a helpline number — ‘Mithra 181’ — for suffering women. But many of our rural people do not know about such services,” she felt.
Caressing her now six-year outdated son Aiham Nazal, she says that her household stood along with her till the divorce was granted. “Especially, my elder sister gave me solid support,” she stated. “Job is the real power, especially for women. Instead of suffering in silence, women should come out of the ordeal and chase their dreams,” she exhorted.
