Domestic Abuse Accusations: A Look at Infamous Celebrity Splits

Many actors in the television industry have met their soulmates at work and lived their fairytale love story. However, there are many instances where things don’t work out. In some cases, things have also gotten ugly with many actor couples being involved in domestic violence. From Karan Mehra and Nisha Rawal to Dimpy Ganguly and Rahul Mahajan, here is a look at couples who ended their marriage due to alleged domestic violence.

The rumours of Karan Mehra and Nisha Rawal’s marriage being in trouble were afloat for some time now. However, things took an ugly turn on June 1 when Karan was arrested by the Mumbai Police after Nisha filed a complaint against him. According to the complaint, Karan had allegedly hit Nisha after an argument turned into a brawl. The Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actor has since then been granted bail. He has denied all allegations.

In 2010, Dimpy Ganguly married Rahul Mahajan, son of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, on swayamvar reality show, Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. She filed for divorce on the grounds of domestic violence and physical abuse. The duo finally divorced in February 2015. In November 2015, Dimpy married Dubai-based businessman, Rohit Roy. Meanwhile, Rahul is now married to Kazakhstan model Natalya Ilina.

Shweta Tiwari and Abhinav Kohli separated after Shweta filed a complaint against him for physically abusing Shweta’s daughter Palak Tiwari. Abhinav also recently alleged that Shweta was trying to keep their son Reyansh away from him and had left him alone in a hotel room while participating in Khatron Ke Khiladi. Shweta then posted a CCTV footage of Abhinav allegedly being aggressive with her and Reyansh. In a recent interview, Shweta said that her daughter Palak has seen her getting beaten up.

Actors Daljeet Kaur and Shalin Bhanot had tied the knot in 2009. Daljeet had accused her husband Shalin Bhanot of torture and domestic violence for the period of six years that she was married to him. Dalljeet had first filed a complaint for battery and dowry harassment, and later approached the police, and an attempt to murder charge was also lodged. In her complaint, she had said that Shalin physically assaulted her, while her in-laws stood as mute spectators.

Actress Deepshikha Nagpal had filed a police complaint against ex-husband, actor Keshav Arora for physically abusing her. They had married in 2012. “I decided to file the case because I don’t want him to spoil any other girl’s life. He would flirt and lie to other women even when we were married. No woman should tolerate any kind of physical abuse. He cheated on me with other girls and I think every girl should now be beware of how he is,” she had said at the time. The two had an amicable divorce in February 2016.