Former magistrate held for assaulting wife

GHAZIABAD: Former Ghaziabad city magistrate Manoj Kumar, at present posted as officer on special duty (OSD) at the Meerut Development Authority, was on Monday morning arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife, with the intention of forcing her to commit suicide. He was also booked for dowry harassment and criminal intimidation.
His wife Ranju showed police officers several recent contusions allegedly caused by beatings.
According to Ghaziabad police chief L Ravi Kumar, Ranju also claimed to the police that her husband had extra marital affairs, though she did not mention it in her FIR. She alleged that her husband used to harass her for good postings in the state as she was well connected.
The couple have been married for 10 years, and have an eight-year-old son. Manoj Kumar was city magistrate in Ghaziabad from June 11, 2007 to February 3, this year.