Title - Man dumps wife at Valsad railway station

SURAT: Rani Kanwar, 26, became a known face at Valsad railway station in the past five days as she had to depend on the food offered by railway station stalls for free and used to sleep on the platform during night.Life for this woman from a village in Uttar Pradesh changed completely within 24 hours after she was abandoned at the railway station by her husband. The auto rickshaw association of Valsad has come forward to unite Rani with her missing husband Dinesh Kanwar.Rani came to Valsad railway station with Dinesh and their one-year-old son on Saturday from Jaunpur. Her husband told her that he was going for some important work and will soon return. But Dinesh never returned.Local people and the auto rickshaw association have expressed their willingness to help her return to UP but she has refused. However, on Wednesday she agreed to go to police station.Dinesh was working in Valsad till 2008. He had developed relationship with another woman in the village during his visit there. This led to dispute between the couple. Rani approached police and submitted an application.Police helped reach a compromise between them. Dinesh had agreed to end his extra marital affair, Rani informed. Later he told Rani that they need to go to Vapi as he wants to take employment there. Dinesh and Rani arrived at Vapi along with their son in a train on Friday and on not finding any job, they came to Valsad. After sometime, Dinesh escaped from the railway station.

"We are trying to search Dinesh. We have collected some information about his job in Valsad. We have collected money from auto rickshaw drivers to help Rani return to UP," said Pintoo Tiwari, leader of the auto rickshaw drivers.