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Flipkart Co-Founder Sachin Bansal’s Wife Files Dowry Harassment Case Against Him
Sachin Bansal (Hemant Mishra/Mint via Getty Images)
In a major development, the wife of Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal has filed a case of dowry harassment against the entrepreneur in Koramangala police station in Bengaluru, reports LiveMint.
The first information report (FIR) has been registered against Sachin Bansal, father Sat Prakash Agarwal, bother Nitin Bansal and mother Kiran Bansal for the demands of dowry and gifts at the time of the wedding.
Additionally, she also alleged that he had sexually assaulted her younger sister when he visited Delhi.
In her complaint, Priya alleged that her father had spent Rs 50 lakh towards their wedding which was held in April 2008. Additionally, Sachin had also demanded Rs 11 lakh in cash instead of a car.
Moreover, she added that she was being pressurised by her husband and in-laws to transfer properties in her name to him. Priya further alleged that her in-laws started harassing her after she refused to do as asked.
“Post wedding, it was decided that it I will stay with my husband. Before the wedding, in-laws visited my home and asked for more dowry. My husband and in-laws have been giving me mental and physical torture since the wedding for dowry.
When my sister (name withheld) was in Delhi, Sachin had sexually assaulted her. Sachin had tried to transfer all properties in my name to his name and when I refused, Sachin had physically assaulted me on 20 October 2019. I have been tortured mentally and physically by in-laws for dowry," Priya Bansal alleged in the FIR, as quoted by the report.
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