Daijiworld Media Network - Mysore (SP)
Mysore, May 12: In a development that has emerged after his hectic parleys to convince wife Shruti, sandalwood glycerin queen, to withdraw her divorce petition failed, Mahendar reportedly has decided to agree for the divorce, subject to her agreeing to a couple of conditions. With this, the marriage solemnized in 1998, is all set to break down within a few months.
It may be recalled, that Shruti, who is also a BJP leader and chairperson of the state Women and Child Development Board, had filed a divorce petition in a family court in Bangalore last week. While Shruti had claimed that the decision to seek divorce from her husband had been under consideration since the last few years, Mahendar had expressed shock and dismay over this development. Reportedly, Shruti's parents and brother have disapproved her move, but Shruti has refused to climb down from her decision to divorce Mahendar. In this backdrop, Mahendar held consultations with his relatives and well wishers in Mysore since the last few days and has finally decided to agree for the divorce, with two conditions.
It is said, the two conditions he wants to be fulfilled are, selling of a house in Bangalore worth about two crore rupees and three-acre land on Magadi Road in Bangalore, and payment of the share of the sale proceeds, as he claims to have invested in these properties, even though both of them stand in the name of Shruti. Secondly, he wants his daughter to be allowed to live with him, as the person whom Shruti wants to marry, is already married and having a child. Once Shruti marries, she might conceive again, and as such once the daughter has been given to his possession, Shruti should never contact her again, he is said to be demanding.