In a shocking turn of events, a case of domestic violence has been filed against rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh. The news was confirmed on Tuesday. Singh’s wife Shalini Talwar has accused the rapper of multiple offenses under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court had also issued notice to the singer and sought his response. The singer has been asked to file his response before August 28. 

Singh and Shalini have been married since 2011. Before the duo got married, they were in a relationship for over a decade. However, Singh confirmed his marital status in public only in 2014. The singer maintained that he didn’t want his marital status to interfere with his career. If reports are to be believed, it was during this time that Shalini faced domestic violence at the hands of Singh. 

Shalini, in the recent past, has made some shocking allegations against Singh and his family. In her plea filed in Delhi’s Tis Hazari court, Shalini has accused Singh of “mercilessly beating” her. She alleged that Singh thought that she leaked their wedding photographs and later, “panicked and mercilessly beat her.”

Shalini has also accused Singh of having extra-marital affairs with not one but multiple women. In addition, she has alleged that Singh was sexually involved with one of his female colleagues during the shoot of his popular song Brown Rang De. She claimed that when she confronted him, he “threw a liquor botter’ at her.

Shalini has also claimed that she was subjected to numerous incidents of physical, verbal, mental, and emotional abuse at the hands of Singh and his family. Shalini, 38, claimed that Singh beat her many times in the last few years adding that she is constantly living under fear as he and his family have threatened her with physical harm.

“Due to mental harassment and cruelty imposed upon her over a period of time, she also suffered from symptoms of depression and sought medical help,” she had stated in the plea, filed through advocates Sandeep Kapur, Apoorva Pandey, and G G Kashyap.

Shalini also accused her father-in-law of a shocking act. She claimed that once Singh’s father walked into her room in inebriated condition while she was changing and alleged that he grazed his hands over her chest.

As per reports, Shalini has sought Rs 10 crore interim compensation from Singh under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, saying she felt like a “farm animal” being subjected to cruelty. She has also requested the court to order the singer to pay a rent of Rs 5 lakh every month for fully furnished accommodation in Delhi. Apart from this, Shalini has also sought to “restrain the singer from selling or creating any third person interest in their shared household and from selling her dowry articles.”

An official statement from Yo Yo Honey Singh is awaited on the said case.