Rakhi Sawant's estranged husband, Adil Khan Durrani, recently accused her of framing him, which led to him spending five months in a Mysuru jail. Hitting out at Adil, who is back in Mumbai after getting bail last month, Rakhi says that he used her to get famous.

She adds, "I was introduced to Adil through a common friend. We had met in Mysuru and we kept in touch. Then he invited me to Mysuru and I went there with my brother. One day, he forced himself on me when I was alone in my hotel room. Sometime later, he proposed marriage and I agreed. He fooled me from day one, and is now accusing me of framing him! He had told our common friend that he wanted to marry me because he wanted to get into showbiz and participate in reality shows. He used me because he wanted to become an actor."

Adil was in Mysuru jail after an Iranian national filed a complaint of rape against him. While she has said that they were in a relationship for the past few years, he insists that they were just friends. According to Adil, Rakhi convinced the girl and paid her Rs 3 lakhs to file the case against him. Rakhi responds to this saying, "The girl's bank accounts can be checked. Why would I pay her to file a case against Adil? In fact, Adil owes me more than one crore."

Ask her about Adil's allegations that she cheated on him with Ritesh Singh, who she had introduced to the world as her husband in Bigg Boss a couple of years ago, and she says, "Yes, I introduced Ritesh as my husband in Bigg Boss, but later I got to know that he hadn't divorced his wife, so our marriage was null and void. I used to keep in touch with Ritesh through messages occasionally, but I never met him after I married Adil in May 2022. Adil is lying that I continued to meet Ritesh."

Rakhi said, "My life is completely destroyed now. People think that all this is drama, but in reality, I am going through a lot. Who would want to be in this state? I have worked hard to make a name in showbiz. I can't let it all go to waste. If Adil tries to level false allegations, I will see to it that he is punished. I want a divorce now and want to lead a peaceful life. Hopefully, all of this will be behind me soon."

After being imprisoned for five months in a Mysuru jail, Adil Khan Durrani who is better known as Rakhi Sawant’s estranged husband, is back in Mumbai. The Mysuru-based businessman was first detained by the Mumbai police on February 7, following a complaint filed by Rakhi accusing him of fraud and cheating. He was arrested on the same day after she filed another complaint for unnatural sex.

Subsequently, on February 21, the Mysuru police arrested him based on a rape complaint made by an Iranian national. Refuting the allegations levelled against him, Adil says, “All these accusations are baseless. Rakhi had threatened to ruin my life and she did that.”

Talking about how they met, Adil says, “I was introduced to Rakhi by a mutual friend in Mumbai in 2021. We exchanged phone numbers and started talking. I didn’t know much about Rakhi’s past at that time apart from the fact that she was earlier married to Ritesh Singh, which ended in divorce. She said the marriage didn’t hold, as Ritesh hadn’t divorced his wife. After a few months of courtship, Rakhi and I tied the knot according to Islamic rituals on May 29, 2022, followed by official registration on July 2, 2022.”

He further adds, “After Rakhi returned from a London event in October last year, I discovered she was in touch with Ritesh and cheating on me. When I confronted her about her equation with Ritesh, she accused me of infidelity in the media. Tired of the mess in my life, I asked for a divorce. She agreed to give me a divorce under the condition that I provided her with all the evidence I had about her and Ritesh. However, she intended to frame me. On February 7, she called me to her residence to collect my belongings and pleaded with me for another chance after I reached there. Unexpectedly, the doorbell rang, and to my shock, I found the police outside. She told them that I assaulted her resulting in my detention. Later, she accused me of unnatural sex. I was arrested and sent to Arthur Road jail. The reports of unnatural sex came negative, and I was granted bail on February 22. However, on February 10, I learnt about an Iranian woman filing a complaint against me for rape following which I was jailed in Mysuru on February 21.”

The Iranian woman has claimed that Adil and she shared an apartment. He, however, denies it, saying, “She is someone I helped financially. I must have spent over Rs 31 lakh on her studies and even sent money to her mother in Iran for her cancer treatment. She was a close friend and I made Rakhi meet her twice. Everything aside, how can I rape someone who claims to be in a relationship with me for over five years? Rakhi influenced her to file a rape case against me. I have come to know that she gave her Rs 3 lakh and promised to divide the Rs 25 lakh she gets from me for withdrawing all charges and making her a star in Bollywood.”

Rakhi has claimed that Adil threatened to kill her while he was inside a Mysuru jail. On his part, Adil says, “Rakhi sent a person to jail who told me that she and the Iranian girl wanted to settle things with me. I called her from the superintendent’s phone and the other girl was also on the call. We spoke for 16 minutes. I immediately called my lawyer and told him about this. On the day of the bail hearing, I was shocked to learn that Rakhi used that call and said I was threatening her. I was denied bail and was in jail for five months. It was a nightmare. I cried every night and asked God the reason for my suffering. The answer is Rakhi Sawant; she is the biggest mistake of my life.”

Adil was released from Mysuru jail on July 21 and says he was gathering evidence to file a case against Rakhi. He adds, “The rape report was negative and now I have decided to fight Rakhi for wrongly accusing me. One of them will be a defamation suit. My legal team will soon start working on divorce formalities. Her claims of me hitting her and threatening to throw acid on her if she didn’t do namaz are unfounded. I have never shouted or raised my hand at her. In fact, Rakhi hit me on several occasions, and I have evidence against her. She claims to have invested Rs 1.5 crore in my automobile business out of which Rs 41 lakh has been repaid. I also invested in her dance academy, and production house, bought her a flat in Dubai, cleared her loan of Rs 24.50 lakh for a flat in Goregaon, and bought her expensive gifts. After settling everything, she is liable to pay me Rs 91 lakh.”

Despite repeated attempts, we couldn’t reach Rakhi for comment.

Rakhi Sawant took to her social media to share the news that her husband Ritesh Singh had left her. Rakhi was moved to tears when she spoke to us. She said, “He left me! I loved him so much and he left me.”

Rakhi further said, “After Bigg Boss, we started living together in my house in Mumbai, but last Sunday, he packed his bags and left. He said that he is in legal trouble because he didn’t divorce his first wife and now he doesn’t want to live with me anymore. He said that he lost a lot of money in his business as he had to go through a lot of scrutiny after he entered the Bigg Boss house with me.”

Rakhi said she wasn’t aware of his marital status earlier. “After coming out of the Bigg Boss house, when I got to know that he married and had a child too, my heart broke. I cannot be unfair to a woman and a child. I am coming to terms with the fact that he has left me.”

She admitted that her marriage with him, which took place on July 28, 2019, was illegal. “Our marriage wasn’t not legal because he didn’t divorce his first wife.”

Talking about her family's reaction to this, Rakhi said, “Yesterday as soon as my mother and brother heard about this, they immediately came to meet me. They are very sad and told me that I should have found out more about Ritesh before getting involved with him. I loved and trusted Ritesh blindly and this is what he has done to me,” she said.

People have always accused Rakhi of faking her marriage. Even after Ritesh entered the BB house with her, there were rumours that the marriage wasn’t real.

However, this never bothered Rakhi. Recounting how they first met, she said, “We connected via WhatsApp and we chatted for over six months. He sent me his address, his bank account details and other things and I believed him. He proposed marriage and since I also wanted someone in my life, I married him three years ago. When I made it public, they didn't want to believe me. So, I convinced Ritesh to come to the Bigg Boss house with me.”

Rakhi continues to be hopeful. “I love him very much and I will forgive him for everything. If he gets divorced and wants to come back to me, then he should know that I am waiting for him. But, if he is happy with his wife and kids then God bless them. But for me, marriage and love is not a joke,” she concluded.

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In the ongoing season of Bigg Boss, the one contestant who has been in the eye of the storm since the time he entered the Bigg Boss house is Rakhi Sawant’s husband, Ritesh Singh, aka Ritesh Kumar. From day one, people wondered whether he is really her husband and an NRI, as he claims to be. A picture of him with his wife, Snigdha Priya, and son that went viral recently further fuelled speculations.

In an interview with BT, Snigdha claimed that Ritesh was still married to her and was surprised to see him enter the show as Rakhi’s husband. She had also said that she had filed a case of domestic violence against him in April 2017. Now, Ritesh has been evicted from the reality show. In a chat with us, he fielded questions about his behaviour with Rakhi, accusations levelled by his wife Snigdha and more...

I am upset with my eviction, as I had expected to last longer on the show given the way I was playing. But I guess people didn’t appreciate how I behaved with Rakhi and didn’t vote for me. They misunderstood my intentions. My behaviour towards Rakhi was a part of my game plan. I wanted housemates to believe that I was playing an individual game and not in alliance with Rakhi. The house is divided into two groups. One group would support Rakhi, while the other was on my side. Plan tha ki shuru mein Rakhi ko alag rakhna aur eventually usko support karna. I admit that I should have informed Rakhi about it.

Yes, it’s true that I am not divorced yet. People who think that I am morally wrong need to listen to my side of the story, too. I have been tight-lipped because I was not in a state to talk about my personal life. I was also quiet for the sake of my child. As far as Rakhi is concerned, we have not had a formal wedding or a court marriage. Humne ishwar ko sakshi maan kar apne relationship ko aagey badhaaya hai.

Her accusation of domestic violence is false. In fact, she had left me for another man during our marriage. I had registered a complaint as I didn’t know her whereabouts, and eventually, I asked her for a divorce. She projected me as a violent man who would hit her every day. If I am so bad, why hasn’t she agreed to divorce me? Why did she suddenly show up and start talking about me when I was inside the BB house? The intention was to defame and trouble me. Also, how does it concern her whether I am an NRI or do a menial job? If her claims were true, would Rakhi live with me? I have always said that I am from Bihar and currently living in Belgium. Snigdha Priya’s sole intention has been to get money out of me. I have ample proof to counter all her claims and substantiate mine.

Mera mann ka rishta definitely Rakhi ke saath hai. Rakhi mujhe pati maanti hai aur main usko patni manta hoon. Once I get a divorce, I will marry Rakhi. She supported me when my personal life was in a mess. Uss time par ya toh main paagal ho jaata ya alcoholic.

I connected with Rakhi on WhatsApp regarding an event I was organising for my company in early 2019. She proposed to me eventually, but I avoided her as I was apprehensive about getting into a relationship with her, given her controversial image. We finally met in July at a hotel in Mumbai and I fell in love with her. Humne bhagwan ko saakshi maan kar July 28, 2019, mein shaadi kari. I would call this relationship a divine intervention.