Forced her to abort their third child
Somnath Bharti's wife claims ex-Delhi law minister 'released dogs on her while she was pregnant, forced her to abort their third child... and lied about owning a law firm'
In more shocking allegations, the wife of former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti has accused him of unleashing dogs on her while she was pregnant and subjecting her to severe verbal, mental and physical torture.
The AAP MLA, however, rubbished all charges.
In her 26-page complaint to the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Lipika said her husband used to unleash dogs on her when she was in seventh month of her pregnancy.
“She also said he once forced her to abort when she became pregnant for the third time and that she tried to slit her wrist,” DCW Chairperson Barkha Singh said.
The couple has two children and Lipika lives separately in Dwarka along with the children.
Bharti was on Wednesday slapped with notices by DCW after Lipika levelled the charges. The women’s body has asked him to appear before it by June 26.
The DCW chief said: “The couple had met on shaadi.com and Bharti had told her lies about him owning an international law firm.”
She also said: “I want to know whether Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had taken a proactive stance to protect Kumar Vishwas, will do the same for Somnath Bharti.”
Meanwhile, the women’s wing of Delhi BJP protested against Bharti. In his reaction, Bharti claimed the allegations were false.
Bharti’s wife claimed he and his family harassed her for gifts, when Somnath had cheated his way into the marriage by “misrepresenting himself till the completion of the marriage and honeymoon”.
Lipika alleged that Bharti “misbehaved” with her several times while on honeymoon and had then disclosed that he was in dire financial straits.
After returning from honeymoon, Bharti and his mother demanded all her jewellery and marriage gifts, she said in her complaint.
“I never demanded those jewellery and gifts because by that time I had already conceived from our marriage and was in need of support from the family of Somnath Bharti,” Lipika alleged.
While she was pregnant and ill (diabetic and hypertensive), she alleged that Bharti and his mother subjected her to “regular verbal, mental and physical abuse”.
She also alleged that Bharti had masqueraded as being financially sound and had said the marriage would be without dowry, but she bore all the expenses whenever they met.