Gulf expat seeks divorce as wife lives with lover in India

Ranchi - He is also seeking custody of his two children, who have been living with their mother.

An interesting love triangle has surfaced in Jharkhand where a married woman is living with her lover without a formal divorce from her husband.

Vinod Kumar, who works in Muscat in Oman, arrived in steel city Jamshedpur earlier this week to seek custody of his two children. His wife Priya Rani alias Priya Ashik has been living with her lover Sadik since 2010 in Jamshedpur.

The issue came to light when Kumar on October 31 approached Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das through Twitter, seeking his help to trace his "abducted" wife and children. He was advised to contact Jamshedpur senior superintendent of police (SSP).

Kumar then contacted the Jamshedpur SSP and apprised him of the story of his missing family.

According to Kumar, his wife was abducted in 2010 from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

Acting swiftly, Jamshedpur police traced his wife Priya, who was living with Sadik. Police arrested Sadik and sent him to jail.

"I have come here to take custody of my children. Priya is mature and she can take any decision. But being the biological father of both children, I have a right to get their custody. She is living with Sadik without taking divorce from me," Kumar told reporters on Tuesday.

Kumar also alleged that the names of both children had been changed to Muslim ones.

Priya, on the other hand, has alleged that Vinod was torturing her in Muscat and, therefore, she decided not to stay with him there.

Kumar and Priya got married in 2005, and he got a job in Oman in 2007. She went to Oman twice, in 2007 and 2009. In 2010, when she had to go to Oman again, she did not.

According to the police, she called Sadik to the Delhi airport and they went to a hotel. She lived in the hotel with Sadik for three days, after which she decided to live with her lover along with her children. She did not contact her husband after that.

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