B'luru: Woman techie alleges sexual harassment by husband, his friends

Bengaluru: A woman techie registered a police complaint accusing her husband of sexually harassing her along with his friends.

The complaint has been lodged at HSR Layout police station in Bengaluru.

The woman, in her complaint, told police that her husband is a drug addict and he along with his friends, made her private videos and sexually harassed her.

Police said that the accused husband was identified as Akhilesh Dharmaraj, a native of Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada, and the couple met through a matrimonial site in 2019.

After their marriage, the woman from Vasanth Nagar locality shifted to HSR Layout with the accused husband. Initially, the accused was well behaved but later the victim came to know that he is a drug addict. The accused allegedly brought ganja home and started smoking in front of her.

When questioned on this, he tortured her and also started bringing his friends home and held ganja parties at his residence. The victim had told police that the accused’s friends also sexually harassed her.

The victim had come back to her parent’s residence not able to take sexual harassment by husband and his friends. The accused, with his friends, had then come to her parents’ place and threatened her to come back to him. They had also blackmailed her that if she revealed anything happened to her, she would be finished off.

The victim had also alleged that the accused husband had installed CCTVs in the bedroom and bathroom. When questioned on this, he had assaulted her.

He had threatened that he would make her private videos public.

The techie has lodged a complaint with Subramanyapura police station and alleged that the police have not initiated action against the accused persons. Police said that they have taken up the investigation.

(With IANS inputs)