BENGALURU: Billionaire co-founder of Flipkart Sachin Bansal has been accused of dowry harassment by wife Priya Bansal who lodged a police complaint against him and his family.

Priya, 35, lodged the complaint with Koramangala police around 9pm on February 28. Koramangala police registered an FIR identifying Sachin, his father Sathya Prakash, mother Kiran Bansal and brother Nitin Bansal as suspects under IPC section 498 (a) (cruelty) and the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Priya, a dentist, got married to Sachin in Chandigarh in 2008 and the couple has a 10-year-old son. According to the FIR, Priya said Sachin’s family demanded dowry and gifts from her family during marriage and her father fulfilled their wishes by spending about Rs 50 lakh.

While Priya’s family was supposed to gift Sachin a car, his family demanded Rs 11 lakh cash instead of the vehicle and was given the same on March 27, 2008, a day before the wedding, according to the FIR.

She alleged in the FIR that after her marriage, she was being harassed by Sachin and his family members, who demanded she bring in more dowry.

According to the FIR, on October 20, 2019 Sachin physically assaulted her after she refused to transfer properties in her name to him.

Police sources said Sachin and other accused approached the 45th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court on Saturday seeking anticipatory bail.

When asked for comments, Sachin’s attorney cited an injunction against publicly discussing a property dispute between the couple that’s ongoing in court and did not respond to the specific criminal charge of dowry harassment the FIR talks about.

