A software engineer in Bengaluru wants a divorce after she found her husband¡¯s profile on two gay dating apps, as per TNN. She claimed there was no consummation of their marriage of three years and that he misled her as far as his sexual orientation was concerned.?
In June 2018, Shalini (name changed) married Vikram (name changed), who worked in a bank. It was an arranged marriage. This was the man's second marriage. He was 31
The couple started residing in Jayanagar after the wedding, but things weren¡¯t rosy for 28-year-old Shalini. Vikram apparently kept away from her, stating that he was struggling with the fact that his first wife had cheated on him. ¡°He shied away from her most of the time, claiming he was heartbroken, and later started to cook up stories, including that he didn¡¯t receive enough dowry,¡± said a counsellor attached to Parihar, Family Counselling Centre (Women¡¯s Helpline), Basavanagudi police station, who handled the case last month.?
On some occasions, the banker drove her away and made some accusations about her. ¡°During last year¡¯s lockdown, she saw him glued to his cellphone and spotted a few apps. As things became worse during the work-from home period the whole of last year, the woman decided to check her husband¡¯s phone activity,¡± the counsellor said.
During the lockdown this year, the woman combed her husband¡¯s handset and found that he had put up his profile on two dating apps and was chatting with partners. The woman confronted him for not showing interest in the marriage and accused him of portraying her in a bad light in front of their families to hide his sexual orientation.After the lockdown was lifted, the woman approached the women¡¯s helpline and lodged a cheating complaint. In the counselling sessions that followed, the husband accepted that he had a profile on the apps but denied meeting anyone outside the marriage.?
But the woman decided to end the relationship and has now applied for divorce.?
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