Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Rippling Prasanna Shankar has made serious allegations against his wife, Divya Shashidhar. He also revealed that his wife was having an extramarital affair and shared evidence on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). He also accused the Chennai Police of being in favour of his wife and harassing him. "I'm now on the run from the Chennai police hiding outside of Tamil Nadu," Shankar in a post on X. Divya Shashidhar, on the other hand, has accused Shankar of "assault." and "rape."
Shankar, on Sunday, shared X threads on his ex-wife and revealed the process of divorce with wife Divya. According to the entrepreneur, they have been married for 10 years and have a nine-year-old son. Divya had been in a relationship with a man named Anup in the US for more than six months and he came to know about it after her lover Anoop's wife messaged him.
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"Me and my wife, Dhivya, were married for 10 years and we have a 9 year old son. Recently our marriage broke down after I discovered she was having an affair, with a person named Anoop for 6+ mos," he said in a post.
"Anoop's wife sent me the message my wife had sent Anoop and hotel bookings she made for him."
Shankar further said Divya was not happy with the decision of divorce and filed fa ake complaint against him, "After that we were negotiating the terms of how many million dollars I need to pay her, as a part of our divorce. She was unhappy and decided to instead filed a fake police complaint against me saying I hit her."
"Later, she made further fake complaints that I raped her (1 mo after the alleged rape). That i circulated her nude videos. etc. Singapore police have investigated these allegations, found them baseless and have cleared me from all charges," he added.
"I filed for a divorce in India. She filed for a divorce in the US, to try and make more money from the divorce."
He also said that Divya tried to kidnap her son in the US, but he went to the COURTS in the US and stopped her. He also alleged that though she agreed to give equal custody of the child, she did not produce the boy's passport and instead filed a kidnapping complaint against him. Shankar also shared videos with his son on X.
"She then proceeded to abduct my child to the US to help with her divorce case. I filed an international child abduction case in the US. And the judge ruled in favor of me and asked to return the child."
Divya, however, denied the allegations and accused Shankar of being a "sexual pervert". Divya has alleged that Shankar lost his job in the US after he was arrested on charges of abetting prostitution. She alleged that Shankar was a "sexual pervert" and used hidden cameras to film sexual assaults on women. She has also accused her father-in-law of sexual harassment. She said the US Embassy and Chennai police are helping her find her son.