Ex-MLA’s daughter moves court, alleges threat from father
   Date :20-Oct-2019

 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
Ex-MLA’s daughter moves court, alleges threat from father
 
My family drugged me, forcing to marry against my wishes, alleges Bharti Singh
 
 
Bharti Singh (26), daughter of a senior BJP leader and former MLA Surendranath Singh from Bhopal Central, has approached High Court in Jabalpur where she filed a petition in which she complained that she was being given injections by her family to force her to marry a legislator’s son against her will. She has also uploaded a video on a social media and the video clip was played by local news channels showing Bharti talking about the alleged torment by her father, uncle and cousin brother Susheel. “My family wants me to get married to an MLA’s son against my wish.
 
I am being drugged with injections,” she claimed. She went on to add that she was not with a Christian or Muslim and that she was safe and happy after leaving home on my own wish. “I am mentally sound. My family has gathered fudged documents regarding my health as they are influential. I am being bothered intentionally. I don’t want to return home,” she said in the clip, adding that a cousin was beating her up amid 10 years of torment. She said she had left home 10-20 times earlier.
 
The ex-MLA Nath had filed a case with Kamla Nagar Police Station on October 16 about his daughter going missing and had claimed she was mentally unwell, SHO Kamla Nagar, Vijay Sisodia said. Bharti’s counsel Ankit Saxena told that she has approached Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur seeking police protection. Saxena said he had recorded the video of Bharti on her request. He said the plea in HC seeks inquiry and cancellation of the October 16 police complaint filed by her father. Saxena said that his client was in a relationship with a man in Pune in neighbouring Maharashtra and was being forced to call it off. She was called to Bhopal by giving excuse of ill health of her mother and here she is being forced to tie knot with a BJP leader’s son. Stung by the embarrassment, Ex-MLA Singh told mediapersons on Saturday that his daughter is mentally unwell from past 5-6 years and getting treatment from a well-known psychiatrist of State capital. All the allegations levelled by Bharti are baseless. We will soon convince her to return home, he said.