Woman files complaint against ‘psycho’ husband

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The city police booked a case against a 36-year-old man for allegedly forcing his wife to sleep with his friends and then blackmailing her by capturing photos and videos of the private moments. John Paul, a resident of Thanisandra, was arrested by the police based on a complaint filed by his wife at Sampigehalli Police Station here.

The 34-year-old victim is an employee of a reputed tech firm in the city and had married John in 2011. The couple has a son. In her statement to the police, the victim claimed that after a few years of marriage, John started abusing and torturing her. She said that he would often come home drunk and assault her.

She also said that he was a drug addict and had grown two pots of cannabis plants at home. The woman claimed that John had forced her to sleep with two of his friends. When she objected, he allegedly assaulted her. Further, she stated that her husband had captured photos and videos of her intimate moments with his friends without her knowledge.

The woman said that her sister, an employee of a private firm in the city, had been living with them since 2019. John wanted to have a physical relationship with her, the woman alleged in her complaint. Unable to bear the harassment and humiliation, when the woman sought divorce from him, John began to blackmail her by showing her the photos and videos.

He had allegedly threatened to send those videos to her parents and also to all her contacts. After an investigation, cases under sexual harassment, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the IT Act have been reg istered agai nst t he accused.