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Ex-husband of ‘activist’, who hadn’t reported her molester because he was a non-Brahmin, reveals how his wife exploited feminism to craft victimhood

Dharmaraja's 13-year-long legal battle began in 2012 when his ex-wife Meena Kandasamy filed a false case against him under sections 498A (domestic violence) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. He was acquitted by the court on September 30, 2024. However, he suffered some irreparable losses, including his mother committing suicide, as he went through years of trauma, only to be absolved later.

Dr Gunasekharan Dharmaraja, former husband of anti-Brahmin Dalit activist Meena Kandasamy, has written an open letter sharing his ordeal as he fought a 13-year-long battle against false allegations levelled by his ex-wife. Dharmaraja addressed his open letter to Atul Subhash, a 34-year AI engineer who tragically took his own life last year after being subjected to unbearable harassment and extortion by his wife and her family. Himself a victim of false allegations of dowry harassment and physical and sexual violence levelled by his ex-wife, Dharmaraja acknowledged that justice was not done to Atul Subhash.

Dharmaraja’s 13-year-long legal battle began in 2012 when his ex-wife Meena Kandasamy filed a false case against him under sections 498A (domestic violence) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. He was acquitted by the court on September 30, 2024. However, he suffered some irreparable losses, including his mother committing suicide, as he went through years of trauma, only to be absolved later. Dharmaraja puts his heart out in his open letter while remembering and paying tribute to Atul Subhash.

Crafting victimhood by pseudo feminism

In his open letter, Dharmraja called out the fake feminist women who misuse the legal system for personal gain. “People often say ‘All is well that ends well’. But this ordeal taught me otherwise. It revealed how some masquerading feminists manipulate public opinion and weaponise the legal system for personal gain”, he wrote. He broke down the ‘tactics’ used by such women to garner public sympathy and misuse the legal system in two stages: the first stage- Crafting victimhood and the second stage- Exploiting for material gain.

Explaining the first stage (Crafting victimhood), Dharmaraja wrote how his Dalit activist ex-wife portrayed herself as ‘oppressed’ and levelled some ‘absurd’ and ‘grotesque’ allegations against him including the claim that he had relations with 64 women including his mother. She later amended the claim replacing ‘his mother’ with ‘her mother’. “This strategy exploits the progressive state the society has carved for women to share their experiences. Women like her tarnish this progress, eroding trust in genuine survivors”, he wrote. Dharmaraja also blamed the media for being complicit in amplifying this imbalance. He accused many media outlets of being biased and refusing to publish his side of the story while ‘eagerly promoting hers’. “Such bias shifts the focus from the truth to ideological affiliations, further muddying the waters”, he added.

Exploitation for personal material gain

Moving on to the second stage (Exploiting for material gain), Dharmaraja wrote how his ex-wife and her father tried to extort from him during the proceedings of his case. He told how they ostracised him and led to his mother, who was ‘his staunchest supporter’, committing suicide a day after he collected the chargesheet in the case. Giving credit to his friends who supported him and advocates who gave him pro bono services, Dharmaraja said that he could not have made it through without their support.

“Despite the overwhelming odds, I fought back, thanks to friends who shielded me during my lowest moments, advocates who argued my case pro bono and well-wishers who restored my faith in justice. Their support prevented me from succumbing to despair”, he wrote.

Message for those stuck in similar situations

Refusing to blame Atul Subhash for taking the extreme step, Dharmaraja called him a victim of his circumstances. “To others who suffer institutional abuse, I say: hold on. Truth may be slow but it does prevail”, he said. Dharmajara said that he did not believe in life after death but urged Subhash to convey his message to his mother if he met her in the afterlife.

“Mr Atul Subhash, I don’t believe in life after death, but if you ever get a chance to meet my mother, let her know this: a son of an army jawan father and an illiterate mother, hailing from a remote village, born into a lower-middle-class backward community family, a first-generation graduate, and most importantly, a man who had no prior exposure to the legal system, was able to defeat the daughter of an IIT professor, an influential member of the media mafia, the self-claimed ex-lover of a sitting member of Parliament, a proud secret member of an upper-caste casteist lobby, and a woman who could share breakfast with the sitting Minister of the ruling party,” wrote Dharmaraja.

Dharmaraja dedicated his legal victory to all those ‘who persevere against all odds’. “Women like Ms. Kandasamy, who hide behind false feminism, may deceive the world for a while, but the truth ultimately unmasks them”, he said. Dharmaraja also revealed that he was well-advised by a friend not to come suicide and give in to her tactics as that was what she wanted. He concluded his letter by wishing Subhash peace promising to carry his fight forward. “Take your rest, brother, we will carry the fight forward,” he wrote.

Meena Kandasamy went about character-assassinating her former husband on social media while their case was sub judice. In December 2020, Dharmaraja made a sensational disclosure in a press release stating that Kandasamy had faked her ‘Dalit’ credentials not only to the world but also to his own husband. He said, however, as per official records, the mother of Kandasamy belonged to the forward community while her father was an OBC.

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