Estranged wife accuses Rajasthan CS of torturing her, daughter

ISLAMABAD: Indian State of Rajasthan chief secretary OP Prakash Meena has been alleged by his estranged wife Geeta Singh in public that the top bureaucrat of the state has perpetrated torture on her and her daughter Geetanjali Singh.

His daughter, in a statement before the high court, has supported the allegations of violence and cruelty against her by OP Meena accused her father of sexual harassment and molestation. Geetanjali Singh accused her father of wife beater and child abuser. Geetanjali, who now studies in London, said, "My father always treated me as a burden and for every single rupee he spent on me, he has abused me and mistreated me physically.

My father molested me when I was 13 years old. She says she had gone through this obscene treatment for two years not knowing what to do, and who to tell except to cry at night.

"My human dignity, self-respect, mind and soul have been scarred for life because to this man," she alleged. She finally gathered courage and spoke to her mother of the abuse of her father, and her mother confronted Meena threatening to report to the police, says his daughter.

Geetanjali alleges that Meena and his family members abused her mother for not giving birth to a son and not giving divorce to him for a second marriage. It was also alleged that due to the clout, he enjoyed in the police and civil administration, the police never bothered to register case and investigate the matter independently.

The police had always tried for a compromise and argued in favour of her father, she alleged. Geeta said had sought an appointment with the Prime minister. Chief Secretary O P Meena speaking to Indian media over phone said his wife and daughter had filed many cases against him in courts and at State women's Commission.

In two cases they were defeated in courts. He said for the last five to six years, they were living separately and his daughter is now living in the UK. These are in public domain and were amused by them going public now.