Domestic violence case against Honey Singh; wife says treated like a ‘farm animal’, seeks Rs 10 cr compensation

NEW DELHI: Spouse of Punjabi singer and actor Yo Yo Honey Singh has filed a domestic violence case in opposition to him and sought Rs 10 crore compensation below the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, saying she felt like a “farm animal…being handled cruelly”.

Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Tania Singh has issued discover to Singh, directing him to not alienate or create any third occasion rights of their collectively owned property in Noida or get rid of his spouse’s jewelry and different articles, mentioned her lawyer.

Shalini Talwar, Singh’s spouse, mentioned that she was subjected to quite a few incidents of bodily, verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse by the hands of her husband and his household.

Talwar, 38, claimed that Singh beat her many instances in the previous few years and he or she is consistently residing below worry as he and his household have threatened her with bodily hurt.

“On account of psychological harassment and cruelty imposed upon her over a time frame, she additionally suffered from signs of melancholy and sought medical assist,” she said within the plea, filed by way of advocates Sandeep Kapur, Apoorva Pandey, and G G Kashyap.

Hirdesh Singh, recognized professionally as Yo Yo Honey Singh, and Talwar tied the knot on January 23, 2011.

Within the plea, Talwar has said how she was bodily assaulted by Singh over the past 10 years.

She revealed how Singh and his household broke her mentally and emotionally a lot in order that she virtually began figuring out herself as a “farm animal, shepherded from right here to there whereas being handled cruelly”.

Talwar additionally levelled cheating allegations in opposition to her husband, saying that he used to incessantly have informal intercourse with a number of ladies, not put on his wedding ceremony ring, and mercilessly beat her for releasing their marriage footage on-line.

In addition to this, she additionally claimed that when her father-in-law walked into her room in inebriated situation whereas she was altering her garments and grazed his arms over her chest.

Singh’s spouse additional mentioned that there’s proof to point out varied acts of home violence perpetrated upon her, requesting the court docket to concern orders in opposition to him below the Safety of Girls from Home Violence Act, 2005.

Talwar sought path from the court docket to her ask her husband to pay Rs 10 crore as interim compensation for perpetrating home violence on her.

Moreover, she prayed the court docket to order the singer to pay a lease of Rs 5 lakh each month for absolutely furnished lodging in Delhi in order to allow her to dwell by herself and never stay depending on her widowed mom.

In addition to this, she additionally sought to restrain the singer from promoting or creating any third particular person curiosity of their shared family and from promoting her dowry articles.