Gurugram Woman Recounts Horror By ‘Serial Molester’ Partner: ‘He Slapped Me Until...'

Abusive Relationship

A 24-year-old Haryana’s Gurugram-based woman alleged that she underwent an abusive relationship. She titled the post, “India: A Place Where the Justice System Validates Domestic Abuse and Blames Women Instead.”

She wrote, “I started talking to Soutik Ganguly two years ago on Instagram. He seemed intriguing, but when we met in Delhi, he looked nothing like his photos. He was older and much heavier than I expected.” “Despite my shock, I chose to be understanding. Having faced body shaming young, I empathised with his insecurities. But in reality, I was blinded by love and naivety,” Paul added.

Kushalini highlighted that Soutik was imperious, always claiming he was too busy. “He said he ran Atlys because the CEO, his friend Mohak Nahta is incompetent. He said Elevation Capital and Peak XV Partners were funding Atlys for him, he’d secure his exit gradually, and his role made him irreplaceable from the board. He did promise me a better future,” wrote Paul.

Red Flags Emerged

“I come from a business family and understand ambition, but red flags emerged. For over a year, he hid me from his social life, called me loud, and not “submissive” like his exes. I started therapy, thinking I needed to change, but when I saw his manipulation, he insisted to stop and that he’d “fix my fatherless behaviours,” wrote Paul.

Abuse Began

Paul added that in July, outside the hotel, my mother was staying at, he first slapped me, convincing me I was drunk and disrespectful and he was “managing the situation.” I believed him. As the “minor” abuses escalated, I still stayed, for change.

Kushalini further mentioned that three weeks ago, she got into her dream university in Berlin. This made Soutik furious and he started demanding marriage and children. However, he later apologised to her and they met on March 21st. But once intoxicated and alone, he snapped when the topic resurfaced.

Paul goes on to describe several episodes of her abuse. She added that he slapped her black and blue, pulled her hair, slammed her head into the wall, and kicked her. She tore his shirt, bit his hand, and fought back, but he was stronger. He choked her until she could barely breathe.

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Woman Alleges Police Negligence

When water went above the head, she shared the incident with her sister, who insisted on getting help from the police. However, at the Women’s Police Station, two female officers refused to file an FIR. They told her to be the bigger person and forgive.

Paul added that Soutik twisted the story, using old texts and painting her suicidal, crazy, and addicted. “He claimed he hit me “to protect himself and stop my drug use”. Ironically, he triggers and practices the very behaviours he accuses me of,” wrote Kushalini.

“First abuse and now defamation of a woman’s character? It’s Criminal,” she wrote.

She also mentioned that his father, a high-ranking Air Force officer, arrived in uniform, trying to use his influence, a privilege Soutik has, but I don’t.

Describing her ordeal Paul wrote, “Physically and mentally, I am in pain, my body covered in bruises. But I am more traumatized to see the system built to support men like this.” She admitted that she made a mistake in loving the wrong man and trusting him blindly.

She concluded her post with what happened to me wasn’t my fault. Men like Soutik move on to another victim while I, a 24-year-old woman, am left traumatised for life. I refuse to be silent and break down.

Serial molester

After Kushalini’s LinkedIn post, Paul claimed that several women also reached out to her sharing about the abuse Soutik did to them. Later, she discovered that throughout their relationship, Ganguly had been living in Gurugram with another woman, whom he had been in a relationship with for five years.

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