Gujarati NRI slapped with rape charges for sleeping with ex-wife

AHMEDABAD: A woman has levelled rape and sodomy charges against her ex-husband, an NRG based in California, USA after the two had continued to live together for a year even after their divorce.
The 46-year-old woman, who currently works as an accountant in Vadodara, lodged an FIR against her ex-husband in July last year for having physical relations with her after making false promises of remarriage. The NRG cried harassment claiming that the FIR was filed after the ex-wife was miffed to know that he had decided to move on by marrying another woman. After the FIR was lodged with Vadodara Mahila police station, the husband, who is a US citizen, approached Gujarat HC. The court permitted police to go ahead with investigation but asked cops not to arrest him.

Looking at the peculiar circumstances, the HC asked both parties to find an amicable solution but the ex-couple failed to arrive at a compromise. Meanwhile, police filed a chargesheet against the man last month. The HC disposed the matter earlier this month by permitting the man to seek a discharge from the trial court.

They lived together in US for a year

According to the woman’s complaint, her marriage took place in 1996 with a US citizen and they went to live in Torrance in California six months after their marriage. They became parents to a daughter in 2007. Marital problems ensued and the couple obtained a divorce decree through mutual consent in 2015 from a US court.

The man allegedly persuaded the ex-wife to live with him, promising her that they would soon remarry as the divorce was only to please his mother.

The couple lived for a year together in USA after their divorce. When the ex-wife returned to India in 2016 with her daughter, the man lived with her at her residence in Vadodara when he came to India.

Besides alleging rape and sodomy, the woman also claimed that she had apprehension of death from her ex-husband in India and in America. The accused’s advocate submitted that the complaint was false, and his ex-wife began harassing him after she received the news of his remarriage.