Dowry charge on industrialist’s son

Ms Lopamudra Mishra, daughter-in-law of one of Orissa’s top industrialists, Mr Trailokya Mishra, complained to the police on Tuesday that her husband Mr Sabyasachi Mishra and his parents had mentally and physically tortured her since their marriage.

She also complained that her husband had forced her into wife swapping.

After filing the FIR at the Mahila Police Station here, Ms Mishra (36) told reporters: “Ever since our marriage, I have been mentally and physically tortured by my husband Sabyasachi Mishra, father-in-law Trailokya Mishra and mother-in-law Ashamanjari Mishra. When I resisted, my parents-in-law would tell me to tolerate everything saying these things happened in high-profile families.”

She added that her husband had even once forced her into wife swapping with a foreigner in Port Blair during their honeymoon in 2006.

In the FIR, a copy of which is with this newspaper, Ms Mishra mentioned that her husband had had physical relationships with multiple women prior to their marriage. He was even jailed once for having an illicit relationship with a woman, she said.

“With a hope that he would change after marriage, I married him. But he continued his relationships with other women. When I opposed, he would severely beat me. I have medical reports and photographs of my bruised face,” she said in the FIR.

She added that although she had registered a case with the Kharavela Nagar police station here in the city earlier, she had withdrawn the case after her husband assured her that he would mend his ways.

Bhubaneswar deputy commissioner of police Satyabrata Bhoi said, “We have registered a case against Sabyasachi Mishra under Sections 498 (A), 506 and 34 and his parents on charges of physical and mental torture. The investigating officer has been asked to thoroughly probe the case and take appropriate action.”

The DCP also ruled out any political pressures on the police to take a soft stand on the industrialist and his family members.

Mr Trailokya Mishra and his son Mr Sabyasachi Mishra could not be contacted as their phones were switched off.