Hyderabad, Mar 15 (TOI): Even before the images of her 'cinematic' marriage could fade away from public memory, Chiranjeevi's daughter Srija approached the Central Crime Station (CCS) police on Monday alleging that she was being tortured by her husband Sirish Bharadwaj for dowry.

On Monday morning, Srija approached the CCS police and lodged a complaint against Sirish alleging that he was physically and mentally torturing her for last few months for dowry. According to sources, Srija told the cops that out of love, she had already given several crores of rupees to Sirish.

"But of late there has been no end to his greed and it has become a daily practice for him to get drunk and torture his wife," a CCS official said. Sirish was allegedly demanding Rs 1.5 crore from Srija. Finding the 'torture' no more bearable, she approached the police on Monday.

Acting on the complaint lodged by Srija, the women police station of the CCS booked a case against Sirish under section 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) of the IPC. He was reportedly taken into custody by the cops but is most likely to be shown as arrested on Tuesday. His parents are also likely to be grilled by the cops.

The youngest daughter of Chiranjeevi created a flutter in October 2007 when she married Sirish and then fled to Delhi where the 19-year-old bride approached court asking for protection from her family. The couple has a two-and-half-year-old daughter.