New Delhi: The wife of popular Tamil actor Prasanth, who has not been staying with him for a year, on Tuesday filed a petition in a family court against him.
She is seeking the court to direct Prasanth to pay an amount of Rs 1 lakh a month as interim maintenance for herself, her infant son and towards litigation expenses.
In her petition, P D Grihalakshmi contended that her in-laws had told her to go to her parents' house on January 2, 2006 when it was found that she was in the family way.
Claiming the news of her conception was not welcomed by her in-laws, she said the doctors had advised her complete bed rest as she had developed a dermoid cyst.
Grihalakshmi also alleged that her in-laws did not help her cope with the difficult pregnancy.
She contended that right from the moment of her marriage, her in-laws were never satisfied with the dowry given and continued making demands for more.
Grihalakshmi says that she had to incur expenses of about Rs 1 lakh a month during her pregnancy, which was paid by her father. Besides, he had also paid Rs 2 lakh as charges for removing and testing the cyst, she contended.
The aggrieved wife said that even after the baby was born, no one came to see the child. She claimed she had sent several e-mails and letters to her husband but received no response.
Till date, none had even cared to find out whether she had the means to look after the child, she alleged.
Grihalakshmi claimed her husband could afford to pay her Rs 1 lakh as maintenance as he was earning "Rs 1 crore from each film he acted in, besides income earned from his production house and anchoring television programmes, among other avenues".
Prashant had filed a petition on December 20, seeking restitution of conjugal rights and permission to see his son. His petition is pending in the family court.
(With agency inputs)
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