Mumbai resident arrested in Gangtok on charges of torturing Sikkimese wife

GANGTOK, 10 July: The Sadar police arrested one Manmeet Singh Khambay of Mumbai here yesterday on charges of subjecting his wife to cruelty. The arrest was made on the basis of a complaint filed by the wife.
In her FIR the wife has alleged that Mr. Khambay conned her into marriage by misleading her about his financial status, giving false picture about his career and making false assurances about her future security and compelled her to leave her regular government job to be with him. Later, the wife alleges, he also sold off all her gold ornaments without her permission or knowledge.
From what the police have pieced together thus far, the complainant came in contact with the accused in 2006 while she was working at a call centre in Mumbai where the accused too was working. On 13 March, 2006, the two got married as per Sikh rituals at the Gurudwara Sahib here at Deorali and moved to Mumbai.
It is learnt that the accused had claimed that he had an export and import business and compelled her to quit her regular government job on the assurance that she will be taken care of properly. On reaching Mumbai after their marriage the complainant found that all the claims made by the accused were false and soon she was allegedly subjected to mental torture.
Finally, in November, 2011, the complainant returned to Gangtok and began to live with her parents. Since then, she and her family members have been receiving threatening calls from him. She had earlier filed a general diary entry at the police station here.
The complainant has alleged that Mr. Khambay was financially dependent on her for basic needs which she was supporting for the past two to three years. Initially she fulfilled his demands, but his demands increased and became more frequent and fearing her own safety she somehow convinced him to reach her home.
Since he knew that she was financially bankrupt and not earning any more, he slowly started to avoid her but kept harassing her with calls threatening her and her parents to give more money or file for divorce.
The accused has been taken into police custody for investigation and a case under section 498-A [husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty] of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him at the Sadar Police Station.