AURANGABAD: A cheating complaint was lodged with Mukundwadi police on Wednesday by a 34-year-old woman against her husband and in-laws.

In her complaint, the woman has alleged she was not informed about her husband’s sexual orientation at the time of their marriage. She, however, got to know about it when the husband did not consummate the marriage and avoided being around the complainant on some or the other pretext.

“When she questioned her in-laws about hiding the fact about their son, they threatened her of dire consequences and asked her not to talk about it to anyone,” a police officer said, adding that the couple is highly qualified and their marriage lasted for few months, before they started staying separately.

Despite repeated attempts, Mukundwadi police inspector Udhav Jadhav could not be reached for comments. However, sources at the police station informed that based on the complaint lodged, the suspects have been booked under seven different sections of the

(IPC) including domestic violence, criminal breach of trust, cheating, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.

“The woman in her complaint has alleged that she got married to the man this year in January for which her father ended up spending an exorbitant amount . Gold ornaments running in to lakhs of rupees were also given to the suspects as dowry by the woman’s father,” the officer said.

“Within days of marriage, she found out that her husband has been avoiding her. Over a period of time, she realized that her husband was gay. Her in-laws were also part of this conspiracy and they even put pressure on the woman against revealing this to anyone. She was also assaulted by her husband and in-laws,”

Eventually, the woman returned to stay with her parents and later approached police to lodge a complaint. Investigation of this case has been handed over to a woman police sub-inspector.

“None of the suspects have been arrested yet. The process of recording statements would begin soon following which a notice would be sent to the complainant’s husband asking him to appear before police so that can undergoes virility test,” the officer said.