Uzbek police open case after woman allegedly scalded, locked up by in-laws

September 14, 2026 at 04:54 PM2 min

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Police in Uzbekistan's Jizzakh region opened a criminal case on September 8 after reports that a young woman was locked in a room, denied food and water, and scalded with boiling water by her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. The woman was hospitalized on September 6 with second- and third-degree burns covering 6-8% of her body. The case was opened under Article 1 of the Criminal Code on intentional minor bodily harm.

Key Facts

The woman was hospitalized on September 6 at the Jizzakh branch of the Republican Scientific Center for Emergency Medical Care with second- and third-degree burns covering 6-8% of her body surface.
A criminal case was opened on September 8 under Part 1 of Article 'Intentional Minor Bodily Harm' of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan.
According to Nemolchi.uz, the woman was tortured by her mother-in-law and several sisters-in-law from July 6 to September 6, a period of two months.
The woman's husband was imprisoned in May 2026, and on June 30 her sister-in-law Zarnigor took her passport, phone, and child's birth certificate on the way back from a prison visit.
The mother-in-law and sister-in-law forced the woman to buy a gold item on installment and pawned it, and also tried to take out an iPhone loan in her name but were refused due to an unpaid loan.

The Alleged Abuse

Reports on social media stated that in the Kahramon mahalla of Sharaf-Rashidov district, the mother-in-law and her daughters took the woman's child, locked her in a room, denied her food and water, and let her out only once a day to use the toilet. The relatives allegedly poured boiling water on the woman's intimate area. According to Nemolchi.uz, the abuse began after the woman told her husband during a prison visit about the forced gold purchase and the attempted iPhone loan. The mother-in-law and sister-in-law rented an apartment on July 6, locked the woman in a room, and regularly beat her, choked her, hit her head against the wall, and kicked her in the stomach and groin. One of the sisters-in-law constantly watched the woman, preventing her from leaving the room, and they took turns beating her, sometimes together, and filmed it on video, threatening to kill her and her relatives.

Investigation and Charges

On September 6, the woman was hospitalized at the Jizzakh branch of the Republican Scientific Center for Emergency Medical Care. Doctors diagnosed second- and third-degree burns covering 6-8% of her body surface, with injuries to the shoulder, left arm, left thigh, right knee joint, and lower abdomen. An operational-investigative group was formed and examined the scene, where material evidence was found, seized, and processed. On September 8, a criminal case was opened under Part 1 of Article 'Intentional Minor Bodily Harm' of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. Investigative measures are ongoing and are aimed at a comprehensive and objective study of the circumstances of the criminal case and the information spread on social networks.