South Actress Suffers Domestic Abuse At Husband’s Hands

Bengaluru: In yet another case of domestic violence, Kannada actress Chaitra filed a complaint against her husband alleging harassment and attempts to kill her. The actress approached a woman police station at Basavanagudi on Tuesday. The duo got married in 2006 and has two kids.

She told the police officials that her liquor baron and realtor husband Balaji Potaraj has extra-marital affair with one Amulya, following which he is harassing her on a daily basis and trying to kill her. She rued that for the past one month the torture has gotten worse and unbearable and one day he beat her up and tried to strangulate her which made her unconscious. Thinking that she died he left the place. However, Chaitra after regaining consciousness went to her parents’ home and is currently residing there.

The actress has demanded legal action against her husband. The Police has registered a case and are probing the matter.

It may be recalled that a case was recorded against Indian pacer Mohammed Shami and four others after the cricketers wife Hasin Jahan lodged a complaint against him alleging domestic violence and extra-marital affairs, police said on Friday.

"On the basis of a written letter of complaint of Hasin Jahan wife of Md. Shami, a case was recorded at Jadavpur police station on March 8 against Md Sami and four others," a police official had said. Jahan had posted screenshots of Shami's alleged WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger conversations with multiple women on her Facebook account. She also uploaded photos and phone numbers of the women. Hasin Jahan alleged that Shami, 27, and members of his family had even tried to kill her. "Everyone in their family used to torture me. His mother and brother used to abuse me. The tortures continued till 2-3 a.m. in the morning. They even wanted to kill me," she alleged. Shami, however, denied the allegations, saying it was an attempt to derail his cricket career. The cricketer hails from Uttar Pradesh and represents Bengal in domestic tournaments.