Kamal Ghorui
A 35-year-old model, Garima Tiwari, has filed a new complaint in a Kanpur court against her husband, IPL cricketer Amit Mishra, and his family, accusing them of dowry harassment, assault, and abetment to suicide, officials said on Monday.Tiwari filed the complaint in the court of an Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), alleging that she faced continuous physical and mental abuse from her husband and in-laws after their marriage. Besides Mishra, the complaint also names his mother Beena Mishra, father Shashikant Mishra, brother Amar Mishra, sister-in-law Ritu Mishra, and sister Swati Mishra.
Tiwari said she and Mishra, now a Reserve Bank of India officer, met on Instagram in 2019, dated for nearly three years, and got married on April 26, 2021, at Kanpur Club.
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Soon after marriage, she alleged that Mishra and his family pressured her family for a Honda City car and Rs 10 lakh as dowry. Her family managed to give Rs 2.5 lakh, but the demands continued, as per news agency PTI report.She claimed that Mishra assaulted her when drunk, verbally abused her, sometimes kept her without food, and took away money she earned from modelling. He allegedly also threatened her with divorce, which led her into depression and forced her to quit her career.Tiwari said she even attempted suicide once by consuming phenyl and was hospitalized. She added that she approached the police multiple times, but no FIR was registered, allegedly due to Mishra’s influence, prompting her to move the court.Her lawyer, Karim Ahmad Siddiqui, said the complaint was filed after the police failed to take action.This is Tiwari’s third legal case against Mishra. Earlier, she filed a domestic violence case on April 21, 2025, and a maintenance petition on April 23, 2025, seeking Rs 50,000 per month and Rs 1 crore as compensation.
