An Indian couple is demanding that their son and his wife produce a child within a year or be forced to pay them $650,000 (50m Rupees).
Sanjeev Prasad, 61, and his wife Sadhana, 57, accused their son Shrey Sagar, 35, and his wife Shubhangi Sinha,31, of causing them “immense mental harassment” by not giving them a grandchild even though they’ve been married for six years now, according to BBC.
The older couple said the sum they are asking for is the amount they spent on their son which includes $65,000 for pilot training in the US in 2006, the cost of a wedding reception in a five-star hotel, a luxury car worth $80,000 and paying for the couple’s honeymoon abroad, the Times of India reports.
“I have only one son. I spent all my savings on his upbringing and education,” Sanjeev Prasad said. “He returned to India in 2007 due to the economic recession abroad. He had lost his job and could not find another for over two years. I supported him financially during this period as well.”
He was able to arrange a marriage between his son and Shubhangi after he found a job. However the couple moved to another state because of work which Prasad said is causing him and his wife more “suffering” and “immense pain.”
“Mentally too we are quite disturbed because we are living alone,” the couple said in their petition filed last week.
“My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a baby,” the couple added in the petition. “At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable.”
The older couple said in their petition that they also took out a loan to build their house and are going through a lot of financial hardships.
The petition would be taken up for hearing by the court in northern India on May 17.