Vikrant Shekhawat : Feb 04, 2022, 06:30 PM
'My name is Neetu Singh Thakur. I am the wife of the delinquent son of BJP MLA Jalam Singh Patel from Narsinghpur, MP. Now I work alone living in Delhi and fighting for divorce in court. I am telling my story with great courage. Many people may be distracted by this story of mine, but it is the truth of mine and our society. Which may or may not shock you, because we have accepted it somewhere or the other.'In the year 2016, when my relation with this political family came for me, then I was 26 years old. My father was also in politics. I agreed to meet, but only after the first meeting I said that I do not want to get married.I was pressurized for marriageAll kinds of pressure was put on me. I was told that he does not smoke or drink alcohol and that the cases are politically motivated. I came to know after marriage that my husband has 45 criminal cases against him, including charges of murder and attempt to murder.When I asked about his education, it was told that he did his graduation and PG from Amity. A picture of a social worker who works for women was presented in front of me, but later it was found that I had been lied to.He pretends to work for women for politics, but in reality he has no respect for women. They simply consider them as objects of enjoyment. When I finally agreed to the marriage under a lot of pressure, he started taking control of everything about me.The functions were fixed within 10 days immediately after I said yes and I was told not to tell anyone about it. Do not discuss this relationship with any of my relatives. Everything was happening in such a hurry that I could not understand what was happening.Said, all this has to be done in politicsThis much is said on my every question – all this has to be done because of politics. There are many people who would not like this marriage to happen. We do not want this relationship to break. At the same time they switched off my mobile number and gave me a new number.Everyday I was told that if you told anyone about this relationship or not. Our relatives were informed a day before the engagement. I met him once in Bhopal before marriage. Even then he tried to force.When I refused, I expressed my displeasure. Said how can you refuse me. However, we were not married and I did not want to get married just for the sake of physical relationship. No girl gets married just for physical relation.He tied this knot in his mind that I refused him. My relationship was fixed, but they stopped my movement anywhere. Refused to meet anyone. I was being watched. If I talked to someone on the phone, then his details would be taken out and then the question was asked why and what did I talk about. He was keeping an eye on my phone calls.I was watched everywhereIf I ever went to the market, I would call the driver and say that it has been ten minutes, why is he not sitting in the car. All this seemed very strange to me. I also talked to my family about this and said that I am not feeling this relationship right.I was told that if the relationship breaks down then wrong message will be sent in the society, after marriage everything will be fine. My mother felt that if this relationship breaks up once it is settled, then it will not be right for me.One day I was shopping in Gurugram. I missed his call. He abused me and said you don't know with whom you had a relationship. I said that I do not want to be in this relationship. I can't live under such surveillance.My family never talked to me like this, you can't either. He again abused and threatened me a lot. When I talked about breaking the relationship, it was said that now this marriage will continue, no matter what happens. Once again I was pressurized in every way and I lost.He said that even if I leave you after a day of marriage, but now I will stay married, it is my insistence. Now I feel that if I had shown courage then the situation might not have been like this.Created my ID on Facebook, then deletedBefore the engagement, I was not on social media. He created my Facebook ID and put my pictures with him. Told me never to post a picture alone. Meanwhile, one of his girlfriends contacted me through Facebook Messenger.Spoke to me in abusive language and said that the one whom you are getting married does not consider you as a wife. He is mine and will remain mine. When I talked to him, he said that there are many people who do not want this relationship to happen. After that he also closed my Facebook.I was figuring things out, but I was so caught up in the relationship that I couldn't hold back from getting married. I got married in the hope that everything will be fine in future. Many big politicians including the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh attended my wedding.Everyone wished the best, but I realized that I am stuck in the wrong place. On the very next day of marriage, I was humiliated in front of the whole family. I tolerated it.Went to meet girlfriends only after marriageAfter ten days of marriage, he left me and went to Bhopal to meet his girlfriends. We didn't talk much. I could not understand why he stopped talking to me after ten days of marriage, but the truth was that he was with his girlfriends and he had no time for me.When I went to the in-laws' house again, I found everything very strange. My husband slept the whole day, got up in the evening, went to office to drink alcohol and came home late night and stayed awake till morning. I could not sleep even for two hours.I would have to wake up with them at night and with family during the day. I was not even allowed to take a nap until he fell into a deep sleep. My whole routine was messed up, it was affecting my health, I lost weight. I got into mental depression.After marriage I was not allowed to talk to anyone. Not once did I leave the house alone. I was so weak that I could not even see properly. I was admitted to the hospital in Jabalpur.I was in the hospital for ten days. Due to the injection in my backbone, I could not sit for two months. All this happened within four months of marriage. I was taken to a psychiatrist in Delhi, but I could not talk to him alone.He would come physically from outside with other girls and then form relationships with me at home. This gave me an infection. The doctor said that now I will not be able to conceive for 6 months. Fear had engulfed me. I used to wake up suddenly. I couldn't figure out what was happening to me.The relationship between us was only physical. That too by force. He takes out the anger of his masculine weakness on my body. He didn't care whether I was happy or not. I stayed with him for a whole year, he never looked me in the eye.He took my phone too. Whenever someone's message came, he would reply the same. Whenever I used to talk to my mother-in-law about her behavior, she would say this - you understand her and adjust with her.I could never even talk to my husband about my relationship. If I spoke anything, he would beat me up and leave Bhopal to go to his girlfriends. I didn't have anyone to talk to. I was all alone.He used to use me as a servant in the house. Telling everyone outside that this marriage was not done according to their wishes. He tries to pretend that he is not married at all. For six-seven months of marriage, I tried to adjust.I started getting very sick. Depression was taking over me. I was being pressured to have a child, but I didn't want to go ahead with it unless my relationship was better than my husband's.I have thousands of pictures in my phone in which they are with their different girlfriendsSlowly his other girlfriends started contacting me. Every time this happened, I was beaten up a lot. Nobody tried to take my side. The list of girls associated with them is so long that it cannot be described here. I have thousands of pictures in my phone, in which they are with their different girlfriends.All these girlfriends were girls in the age group of 20-22 years, who may have come to them for drugs or money. One after the other he would message me, he would come to know and I would be beaten up a lot. I wonder what is my fault in this? I have never tried to talk to anyone or know anything, then why is all this happening?He used to take drugs with girlfriends. Taking drugs by placing them on her body and she would tell me this. I could not think that what is my connection with this, why am I being harassed so much?Father-in-law's MLA residence is the den of husband's debaucheryBefore marriage, I didn't know that they do this. When I talked to my father-in-law, he always said that everything will be fine. It was only after marriage that I came to know that taking alcohol and drugs is their daily habit.The government MLA residence of my father-in-law in Bhopal is the abode of his arrogance. Whenever he went to Bhopal, there would be drugs and liquor parties. Some girl would have sent me pictures of there. One day he got intoxicated by placing drugs on the bodies of girls.His girlfriend sent those pictures to me. They also broke my phone and did a lot of violence with me. It was my first birthday after marriage. He was not with me, he was with his girlfriend. When I came to know about this, then I was beaten up a lot.I never stopped him from talking to girlfriends, I didn't even dare, because I knew that if I said something then I would be subjected to violence.would be strangled for not doingOur relationship was such that he would have been with me just to be physical. In that too, just forcefully do it. If I didn't, it would never have been respected. If I had not, my throat would have been pressed so hard that I could not even breathe.Everyone knew what was wrong with me, but no one in the family tried to stop. I was told that he would do whatever he had to do. I have to endure, I have to endure. Throughout the night I would be tortured and took care of household chores throughout the day.At first I felt that my husband was wrong, then I felt that everyone was involved in this. The most painful thing for me was that no woman in the family ever came forward to help me. At that time there were girls my age in the house, but they also never understood my pain.When told things to the family members, they told the fault of the horoscope.When I told these things to the boy's family, they told the fault of the horoscope. Told me that someone did a trick. Said about his girlfriends that this is a political conspiracy to implicate us. Whatever was happening, it was said to be the fault of my horoscope. The servants of the house felt pity for me.There was a grandmother who used to tell me that if you stay here you will die. Run away from here, but I did not dare. I looked at the door hoping someone would come and take me out of this hell.When I felt that now I will not be able to live here or my husband will kill me, then I called my brother in-laws with great courage. Just took her degree and documents and left that house forever.She was so weak that she could not even stand without support.I had wounds all over my body. I was so weak that I could not stand without support. I also had marks on my face. My mother was very sad to know all this. After reaching home, the bus slept for two days. When I told all this to my father, he broke down badly.He didn't think that all this happened to me. He just fell silent. Just said that whatever happens, we are with you. I lived in my maternal home for one and a half years. Then courageously came to Delhi to do the job. Now I am doing a small job. I am trying to get out of this relationship anyhow.My mother is in depression now. My father is ill. My bad relationship has taken a toll on him. I am trying to take care of them. My divorce case is going on, but he has not come to court even once.Just saying that you have no idea of our strength. I have lodged an FIR, but no action has been taken on it. I sent messages to the top leaders of the party and tried to draw attention to my case, but everyone ignored.The government should tell from whom the daughter has to be saved.The government gives the slogan of Save Beti. The government should also tell from whom to save the daughter and how to save it. He is with his girlfriends. They have drug parties going on, but my six precious years have passed in this bad relationship.How many times have I thought of suicide? I have fought the situation every day. I know this fight is very long and I will need a lot of courage. Now I have told this story of mine so that this does not happen to any other girl. If any other girl is in such a bad relationship then try to leave. The government and society came forward to get him justice.