BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Lok Sabha member from Kendrapara, Anubhav Mohanty, on Saturday landed in bother as his spouse and famous Odia movie actress Barsha Priyadarshini filed a case of home violence in opposition to him.

The case was filed beneath Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act in opposition to the lawmaker for allegedly assaulting and harassing Barsha.

In her petition filed earlier than the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Court, Cuttack, Barsha appealed to the courtroom looking for month-to-month upkeep from Anubhav, in addition to an indemnity of Rs 15 crore.

Barsha in her petition mentioned that Anubhav is a routine drunkard and he usually drinks together with his associates at dwelling. The MP additionally assaulted and harassed her mentally, she alleged.

“He invites his friends to our bedroom and drinks with them. If I resisted, he would beat me up severely. He often asked me to leave his home,” the actress mentioned.

The actress additional alleged that each time she tried to stop Anubhav from consuming, he would get violent and bodily assault her and tried to throw her out of the home.

Levelling one other severe allegation, she mentioned Anubhav has extramarital affairs with a number of girls from the Ollywood or Odia movie trade.

This aside, the actress acknowledged that though each of them had acted collectively in a number of movies put up their marriage, Anubhav didn’t share a single penny with him.

Anubhav and Barsha had entered into the wedlock in 2014. The actress mentioned regardless of her needs, she was pressured to marry Anubhav as that latter all the time threatened to commit suicide if she didn’t marry him.

Anubhav, in the meantime, claimed that he had not acquired any authorized discover from the courtroom as but.

“I have so far not received any legal notice regarding the case. I will let everyone know about it as and when I receive the notice. Let’s wait till then,” the actor- -turned politician mentioned.

As per the official web site of the SDJM Court, the primary listening to of the case is scheduled to be held on September 7.

Previously, Anubhav was within the information for assaulting a neighbour in Cuttack metropolis. During the 2029 Patkura meeting by-polls, he had embarrassed his celebration leaders by assaulting a journalist in Kendrapara. Later, he had apologized for his misbehavior with the journalist.

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