Sister Dimpy accuses husband Nitin of beating Priyanka mercilessly.
By Sreekanth A. Nair
Three days after Delhi-based model Priyanka Kapoor’s suicide, her sister Dimpy has released some photographs showing Priyanka with a bruised face, reported The Hindustan Times. Dimpy claimed that Priyanka shared these pictures with her after her husband Nitin Chawla beat her up mercilessly.
The picture shows Priyanka with a battered face, a swollen eye and stitches on her lips and forehead. Priyanka’s family had alleged that Chawla used to harass and beat her for dowry and he didn’t like her style of living.
The released picture was taken on January 30, a few days after the marriage of the couple. Dimpy said that Nitin started beating Priyanka soon after their marriage.
“Nitin woke Priyanka at 4 am and started beating her. He was angry over Priyanka stepping out for tea with her friend. He did not even let her explain. Priyanka told me that she was sleeping in her room when Nitin came, woke her up and punched her in the face,” Dimpy said.
“He slapped, punched and kicked her. He held her from her neck and slammed her head against the wall,” she added.
After continuous harassment, Priyanka informed her parents about Nitin’s behavior and they managed to get her back home. But he followed them to their home and stood outside the house like a maniac.
“The next day, we called Nitin’s parents and told them that we are approaching the police, but they threatened us. Nitin’s brother told us that he had contacts,” Dimpy said.
Next day Nitin’s parents came to the house and convinced her that everything would be fine and requested her to return to Nitin. But, after she returned, her mother-in-law assaulted her when she visited her in-laws house.
“Priyanka was a modern woman. She did not believe in superstitions. But Nitin forced her to visit a tantric and eat the priest’s offering, which irked her,” she added.
According to Dimpy, Priyanka and her family were not interested in a relationship with Nitin as he was 10 years older than her. But he used to visit their house regularly to convince them that he liked her so much.
“But Nitin was crazy about her. He would come to our house every morning with cakes and flowers and ask my mother to let him see Priyanka. My mother was also against the marriage because he was 10 years older than her. But despite us being so rude to him, he would land up at our door every day without fail. One day he came to our house and fell at my mother’s feet. He started crying and said that he would die if he did not marry Priyanka. He promised to keep her happy,” said Dimpy.
Priyanka Kapoor, who ran an event management firm in Delhi, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at their house in Defense Colony on Saturday.
Her husband Nitin Chawla was arrested for harassing and beating her.
In a suicide note, Priyanka had alleged that Nitin’s harassment compelled her to kill herself.