When power, privilege & loopholes are weaponised against men
In a time when the world is reckoning with accountability and equality, one former CEO is stepping forward with a powerful reminder- not all victims wear the same face, and men too can fall prey to calculated manipulation, legal harassment, and personal ruin.
What began as a story of love, mentorship, and partnership has turned into a chilling saga of betrayal and exploitation. A former CEO of a multinational firm has alleged that his ex-wife, Richa Singh — a CFO in a reputed company — rose to her position by leveraging not only his networks and influence but also his direct mentorship and coaching throughout their marriage.
Singh's rapid professional rise was facilitated by his strategic counsel, industry introductions, and support system — all of which were extended in good faith, as any partner would, he claimed. But post their separation, she allegedly turned the very system he helped her access against him.
The ex-CEO claims that Singh, along with her mother Indu Bala Jadon, has orchestrated an elaborate and ongoing campaign of legal harassment, including over 20 false or malicious cases designed solely to drain him financially, isolate him from his children, and destroy his reputation.
Despite being the sole owner of his residence, he alleges that Singh forcefully ousted him from his own home and took de facto control of the property without any legal order or agreement. In a cruel twist, she has also taken custody of the children — despite not being their biological mother — and continues to block his access to them.
'She has used the children and the courts as pawns in a cruel game,' he says. 'What's worse — she's not even their mother by birth, but she's wielding that as a tool to keep hurting me.'
The ongoing barrage of litigation, from frivolous FIRs to repeated bail cancellation attempts, has led him to escape from India simply to survive. He claims to have already paid over ₹7 crore to the mother-daughter duo, but they continue their pursuit for more.
Singh and Indu Bala received bail from Chandigarh HC on the FIR filed by the ex-CEO citing forgery, cheating and destruction of evidence. This was after lower courts repeatedly denied bail to the two women, and after they paid back Rs 17 lakhs to the ex-husband. Upon the ex-husband's appeal, his cases against Singh were moved out of Gurugram to Jhajjar, where allegedly Singh's employer Pernod Ricard had no influence. A high powered SIT's investigations in Jhajjar revealed Singh's involvement and charges of forgery, cheating and destruction of evidence were subsequently filed against the two women in early 2020.
"This isn't just a domestic dispute. It's a playbook on how laws meant to protect are being exploited to destroy. I've been attending every hearing I'm required to be, and the only reason I'm not in India is because I cannot be harassed by fake cases out here,' he says. 'It's a warning to all men — especially senior professionals and executives — who can find themselves defenseless when legal structures are misused."
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