basketball player who loved to rollerblade when the neighbours goodlooking son started paying attention to her zaarias conservative family did not allow out her to go out much with friends let alone date a guy so this sudden attention had her floored he was seven years older goodlooking charming i was completely enamoured zaaria saysin may 2005 she said yes much against her parents wishes who felt she was too young the first hint of trouble was at the wedding reception itself as my friends came up on the stage he started abusing them zaaria put the disturbing thoughts aside as she headed for her honeymoon to london we had this argument over which shop to go to first and i suggested we split up he slapped me right there on the street she says things went downhill very quickly after that when she moved to dubai zaarias calls were monitored passwords to her email and social media accounts were changed her cellphone was kept on minimum balance and her visits outside the home banned i could not switch on the fan without permission i had no idea what would trigger off his temper she sayseven when she got pregnant the beatings did not stop as her health continued to deteriorate she was finally allowed to fly back to mumbai once she did in february 2006 zaaria realised she could no longer live in fear it was nine months of hell she saysbut through her nightmare zaaria did not end up confiding in her parents or friends for fear that she would be blamed for making a bad choice i also knew no one would believe me because he behaved like a softspoken gentleman in front of the world but was completely different behind closed doors she recallsin 2012 she fought and won a long custody battle for her son in 2013 she fought another battle one to get a passport for her son without the name of her exhusband