Kerala minister KB Ganesh KR resigns after wife alleges torture

KB Ganesh Kumar, a minister in the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala, has resigned following allegations of domestic violence by wife. Kumar put in his papers after a meeting with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Sources say the resignation came after his wife Yamini Thankachy filed a police complaint against him late on Monday evening. Before that, Thankachy, a doctor by profession, had held a press conference alleging that her husband had physically abused and tortured her for the last 14 years. Her outburst came hours after KB Ganesh Kumar filed a divorce petition in the family court here accusing her of 'blackmailing and manhandling' him. The wife alleges that very recently, the minister had held her by the hair and abused her. The duo have been married for 18 years now and have 2 sons. While the wife alleges an illicit affair on the part of the actor-turned politician and the minister on his part says it is all a part of a political conspiracy.

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