Olympian’s wife files torture case
TNN | Jan 18, 2019, 10:02 IST
Table tennis player Soumyajit GhoshKOLKATA: Ace table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh, who after patching up with his then girlfriend got married barely five months ago when she withdrew rape charges against him, has landed in legal trouble again.
His wife of five months has now filed a case of physical and mental torture, criminal breach of trust and threatening to give false evidence against the Olympian. But Ghosh has dismissed the allegations levelled by his wife as “false” and vowed to deal with the charges against him in the court of law.
According to the FIR lodged on Wednesday evening, problems in their marital life began right after they tied the knot on August 3 last year. “They (Ghosh and his family) misbehaved with me and, at times, even assaulted me. They forced me to sign a few blank legal documents. Their behaviour worsened after the Table Tennis Federation of India lifted the ban (in December) which they had imposed on him earlier (following her first complaint).
It was in March last year that the 18-year-old girl— who was a minor at that time — had accused Ghosh of raping her and also forcing her to undergo an abortion in a complaint filed at the Barasat women’s police station. The girl had then moved the high court against him.
The Arjuna awardee had initially denied the allegations and claimed the girl’s family was blackmailing him. However, after months of turmoil, he decided to tie the knot with her in August.
I was assaulted: TT player’s wife
On Thursday, Soumyajit’s wife said: “A few days ago, I was assaulted and bled from my finger, but they claimed I had cut myself while peeling potatoes and that I was attempting suicide. His family members turned so abusive and intimidating that my brother had to come and take me home from our Baghajatin house. Having thought over the situation for the past two days, I decided to lodge a complaint last night.”
A senior police officer said: “An FIR has been registered under IPC sections 498A (physical and mental torture), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 195A (threatening to give false evidence) and 34 (common intention). The FIR names Ghosh, his parents Harishankar and Mina, Ghosh’s uncles Sanjib and Manas Ghosh and cousin Arindam Das.”
Ghosh denied the allegations. “I am shocked. Even two days back, she told me normally that she wanted to go home. And then she decided to go to police station. I will seek legal help. I need to take bail, I guess. Even today, she spoke to me,” Ghosh said.
“If anyone has been blackmailed and tortured in this relationship, it is me. But who will listen to me?” added Ghosh, who returned to action in the Senior National table tennis championships held in Cuttack earlier this month.
Senior criminal lawyer Sekhar Basu, who argued the case in the HC then, said: “Given the fact that both got married, the matter was disposed of by the HC.”
His wife of five months has now filed a case of physical and mental torture, criminal breach of trust and threatening to give false evidence against the Olympian. But Ghosh has dismissed the allegations levelled by his wife as “false” and vowed to deal with the charges against him in the court of law.
According to the FIR lodged on Wednesday evening, problems in their marital life began right after they tied the knot on August 3 last year. “They (Ghosh and his family) misbehaved with me and, at times, even assaulted me. They forced me to sign a few blank legal documents. Their behaviour worsened after the Table Tennis Federation of India lifted the ban (in December) which they had imposed on him earlier (following her first complaint).
It was in March last year that the 18-year-old girl— who was a minor at that time — had accused Ghosh of raping her and also forcing her to undergo an abortion in a complaint filed at the Barasat women’s police station. The girl had then moved the high court against him.
The Arjuna awardee had initially denied the allegations and claimed the girl’s family was blackmailing him. However, after months of turmoil, he decided to tie the knot with her in August.
I was assaulted: TT player’s wife
On Thursday, Soumyajit’s wife said: “A few days ago, I was assaulted and bled from my finger, but they claimed I had cut myself while peeling potatoes and that I was attempting suicide. His family members turned so abusive and intimidating that my brother had to come and take me home from our Baghajatin house. Having thought over the situation for the past two days, I decided to lodge a complaint last night.”
A senior police officer said: “An FIR has been registered under IPC sections 498A (physical and mental torture), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 195A (threatening to give false evidence) and 34 (common intention). The FIR names Ghosh, his parents Harishankar and Mina, Ghosh’s uncles Sanjib and Manas Ghosh and cousin Arindam Das.”
Ghosh denied the allegations. “I am shocked. Even two days back, she told me normally that she wanted to go home. And then she decided to go to police station. I will seek legal help. I need to take bail, I guess. Even today, she spoke to me,” Ghosh said.
“If anyone has been blackmailed and tortured in this relationship, it is me. But who will listen to me?” added Ghosh, who returned to action in the Senior National table tennis championships held in Cuttack earlier this month.
Senior criminal lawyer Sekhar Basu, who argued the case in the HC then, said: “Given the fact that both got married, the matter was disposed of by the HC.”
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