Indian woman Locates Missing husband on Instagram Eight Years After Disappearance
Hardoy, India – An Indian woman has discovered her husband, who vanished eight years ago โwhile she was pregnant, living under a different identityโค and reportedly remarried, thanks to โฃa chance encounter on Instagram. The revelation has sparked publicโ outrage and a police investigation.
The case highlights the vulnerabilities faced by women in India abandoned by their husbands, and the increasing roleโ of social media in uncovering hidden lives. While desertion is not uncommon, the lengthโ of the disappearance and the alleged subsequent marriage have ignited a national conversation about accountability and women’s rights.โ The husband is now in โpolice custody facing charges related โto bigamy.
According to police reports, the wife filed an official complaint initiating a case against Gitundra under Articleโค 82 (1) ofโ the bharatia Nia โSanhita law, pertaining to multiple โmarriages. Investigations revealedโค Gitundra had married another woman in Ludiana and was already under arrest โwhen the complaint was lodged,โ confirmed โSantosh Kumar Singh, a Hardoy police official.
The wife recounted her ordeal to The Indian Express,โค stating sheโ married on April 28, 2017, but endured physical abuseโ shortly after.โ She returned to her father’s home in November of the same year, and her husband disappeared four months into her pregnancy, with his family claiming ignorance of his whereabouts. “I even saw the video on social media and made sure it was him,” โshe said.
Gitundraโข had reportedly been โliving โin Ludiana for years, โฃemployed โคat a fabricโข factory, and โallegedly entered into โฃa โฃsecond marriage ther.The discovery of his continued existence after eight years of absence has โคshocked the local community, โขprompting widespread โdiscussion about his motives for abandoning his wife and child.
