Wajid Khan’s wife Kamalrukh Khan on being pressurised to convert by his family: ‘Want to focus on trauma that I have faced’

Late music composer Wajid Khan’s spouse, medical hypnotherapist Kamalrukh Khan, has spoken up about why she has chosen to go public with the stress she has confronted all through her marriage to transform her faith. Wajid Khan handed away earlier this 12 months of a cardiac arrest and Kamlarukh says now the hassle is on to refuse inheritance because of her youngsters.

On Saturday, she had shared a observe about being harassed by her in-laws to transform to Islam. She has two youngsters with Wajid — a 16 years previous daughter and a nine-year- previous son. In her observe, Kamalrukh stated that she and Wajid had been ‘college sweethearts’ who married below the Special Marriages Act that allowed them to wed whereas practising their very own religions. However, after he and his household exerted stress on her to alter her faith, it induced a rift in her relationship, bringing them to the brink of divorce.

 

Talking to Times of India, Kamalrukh stated that she wished to spotlight the trauma she went by way of within the 17 years of their marriage. “Life has brought me to a point where I need to fight for my children’s due inheritance as his family has usurped his assets post Wajid’s death. I am both father and mother to them, and in practical matters, always have been! My daughter is 16 years and my son is 9 years. I have to pay for their education and our upkeep. I work as a clinical hypnotherapist and our primary source of earning has been Wajid’s marital support. If that too is being snatched away (by those who haven’t bothered to keep in touch with me or my children for the past 7-8 years, on such unfair grounds, I need to fight back on every front. Also my reasons for speaking out is tied to an inherent sense of justice. No woman should have to face what I have faced during these 17 years of marriage,” she stated.

Talking in regards to the scare ways used to pressurise her, Kamalrukh stated, “Wajid’s family kept insisting that our children were illegitimate as was our marriage since we had not married as per Muslim law… His mother would openly tell Wajid, in my presence, to re-marry, which he obviously did not agree to do. His family’s behaviour was disrespectful towards me. Wajid’s refusal to budge on his beliefs, his refusal to accept another point of view, and his family’s unnecessary interference and influence ensured that he never stood by my side as a husband should. Another scare tactic was him filing for divorce if I did not convert. Of course, eventually we did not end up getting a divorce as he realised his folly.”