Anupamaa fame, Rupali Ganguly has been dominating the headlines with some serious allegations against her from her step-daughter, Esha Verma. It was a week ago, when an old post of Esha made rounds on social media and caused a stir. Since then, Esha has been speaking her heart out. Earlier, Esha accused Rupali of stealing her mom's jewellery, and now, in an exclusive interview with Bollywood Shaadis, she elaborated on how she and her mom found out the same. Esha also revealed how, eventually, their suspicion of Ashwin K Verma having an affair turned out to be right.
While talking to Bollywood Shaadis, Esha Verma was asked to elaborate on her allegations about Rupali stealing her mom's jewels. Replying to this, Esha shared that she would often go on trips with her mom to meet her family, and they would ask Ashwin to join them, but he used to give work excuses to stay back.
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Esha Verma revealed that when her mom would come back, her closet arrangement was slightly different. She also stated that her mom's jewels were missing from the closet, and even one day her mom's friend saw a woman with Ashwin at the latter's home and informed them about the same. In Esha's words:
"My mom and I would go out for trips, to meet her family, and we would encourage dad to join, but he would say, 'No, I'm staying back for work or something'. And then, my mom would come back, and she would see that the arrangement of her closet was slightly different, and we noticed over time, and it took a while to understand what was going on. The little jewellery my mother had was missing from the closet. One day, my mom's friend came to deliver food for my dad and saw a woman in the house. She just told us that there was a woman in the house with my dad, and she could see both of them standing inside."
When asked about how she and her mom found out about Ashwin K Verma's extra-marital affair, Esha Verma stated that they had no idea about the same initially, and her father's friends would warn her mom to be careful. Esha said that her mom started confronting Ashwin but he would always deny having any extra-marital affair with anyone. Talking about the suspicions they had, Esha remarked that her dad never showed them the ads that featured Rupali in them, and he would show them the rest. Esha can be quoted as saying:
"We didn't know about Rupali for a long time, I think slowly people started telling us because my dad had a lot of connections and a lot of friends here and I think some people started finally speaking out about it but after a long time and telling my mom, 'Hey, listen, be careful, there's someone here in the picture'. So, it didn't happen for a long time, and my mom started confronting him, and he denied it like 'There's nobody, there's no one'. The commercials he would film, he would never show us, he would always show us the production, the editing of his other commercials, but the commercials where Rupali was in, the ads, he didn't show it to us and so we always had suspicion, but we didn't know."
In the same interview, Esha Verma stated that she would often find her dad talking on the phone with someone, and when she finally had the courage to ask him who he was talking to, he straightaway lied, saying it was a man with a cold. Mentioning how hard it was, Esha stated:
"Another suspicion was I would hear my father talk on the phone every night to someone and I was really young, and I was this small kid wondering who's this lady he's talking to. So, one day, I had the courage to ask, because he always had some excuse so he lied, and I was like 'papa, who are you talking to'? and he was like, 'No, it's just a man with a cold'. I would never forget that. I don't know what they were talking about but it's really hard. My mother would never talk to Rupali directly, and she would always ask my father to handle it, as it was his responsibility. I should be my father's responsibility."
While talking to us, Esha Verma shared that Rupali Ganguly bullied her and even body-shamed her. She said that Rupali, who herself suffered from thyroid back then, commented on her body weight and face. Esha stated that Rupali said her eyes were droopy, and talked about her body, which was hurtful.
What do you think about Esha's revelations?
Also Read: Exclusive: Esha Verma Accuses Step-Mom, Rupali Ganguly Of Body-Shaming Her, 'Her Face Is Ugly To Me'
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