Om Puri in custody after hitting wife Nandita with stick. PHOTO: FILE
Bollywood actor Om Puri has been booked by the Versova police in an assault case following a report by his alienated wife. Nandita, Puri’s second wife, has accused him of hitting her with a stick after an argument at their Versova flat last week.
Nandita reportedly filed a case against her husband, actor Puri, at a police station alleging domestic violence. Journalist-columnist Nandita filed the complaint at the Versova Police Station on August 23. “He has been accused of domestic violence. A complaint was filed by his wife on the August 23,” a police official from the police station told IANS. It was recently revealed that Puri has been taken into custody.
However, the official refused to reveal more information about the case. An alumnus of the National School of Drama and the Film and Television Institute of India, Puri carved a niche for himself with films like Aakrosh and Ardh Satya. He also entertained viewers with his comic timing in Hera Pheri. This is not the first time Nandita and Puri are facing problems. In 2009, when Nandita came out with a biography on her husband titled Unlikely Hero: The Story Of Om Puri, highlighting some of his most private sexual incidents, it upset the Padma Shri winner. “She is a compulsive liar. I have never been involved in any kind of violence. Earlier, she accused me of trying to kidnap her son. Her allegation proved to be a lie,” he said, adding that Nandita ruined his life by writing a book. She denied the allegations. “After my book, he got a Spielberg film,” she said, according to the Times of India.
Puri rekindled ties with his first wife Seema Kapoor, while going through a rough patch with Nandita. He subsequently moved in with Kapoor in Oshiwara. Nandita and Puri are yet to separate legally.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2013.
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@RizwanKhan: For the victim to remain silent to save family honour whether rape or domestic abuse is a highly paternalistic way of thinking. Sadly until recently this was common in India also. But now Indian women have decided enough is enough and the walls of silence are crumbling. IT is heartening to see that thousands of men are joining in this fight to give women empowerment and dignity.
The sad part is both the members are disclosing the family secrets and inviting defame to the family, forever. They may reconcile, but this shame will live forever.
Act maturely, save your home.