Arzoo Govitrikar files for divorce from husband Siddharth Sabharwal, accuses him of domestic violence

In an unexpected change of events, Arzoo Govitrikar has filed for divorce from her spouse, Siddharth Sabharwal. He's been accused of domestic violence by the actress.

According to an ETimes report, Aarzoo filed a domestic abuse complaint against Siddharth on February 19, 2019, and the actress said that after a disagreement with her husband over his alcohol addiction, he pulled her to the bathroom and hit her.

She said, "Yes, I have filed for divorce. Enough is enough and I am not going to take this lying down anymore. I swallowed my pride; I tried, and I tried my best. But matters came to a head and I couldn't continue with Siddharth. I had so far not spoken in the media, not even when I was hounded by calls from journalists two years ago. But I will talk today. I want to tell you that he has pulled me by my neck and tried to throw me out of the flat. He has slapped me. He has kicked me in my stomach. There were days when I was beaten up black and blue and I couldn't come out because I didn't want my bruises to be seen,"

"Mujhe bahut gandi gaaliyan deta tha. (He used to abuse me). Imagine, he even hurled casteist abuses at me. He also told me that I am a bai. I suffered blackouts and my hands and legs used to swell up. I stopped getting sleep and if I managed to sleep then I would suddenly wake up at 2 am."

"Siddharth first raised his hand on me two years after our marriage. And after our son was born three years after we became man and wife, he simply drifted apart. He started sleeping in another room. After that, I found out that he has a Russian girlfriend; he was constantly on chats with her. I confronted him about her. I don't know if they're together now because he stays separately. Mind you, I have those chats and the CCTV footage of his violence and it would help me to get justice,"

Talking about their son, Arzoo said, "He loves our child, and as we speak, he has him in his house. I have never deprived our child from meeting his father and spending time with him. No woman wants to break her marriage. That's the last thing she does only when she has been pushed against the wall and has no choice. The gaalis (verbal abuse), violence and infidelity had become unbearable."

For the unversed, Arzoo has been in prominent TV shows such as ‘Ek Ladki Anjani Si’, ‘Ghar Ek Sapna’, ‘CID’, and ‘Naagin 2’ among others.