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Ashwajit Gaikwad is an Indian politician, who is a BJP worker. He is the son of MSRDC MD Anilkumar Gaikwad, an IAS officer. In 2023, he faced allegations of assaulting and driving an SUV car over his girlfriend, Priya Singh, in Thane.
Wiki/Biography
Ashwajit Anilkumar Gaikwad was born on Friday, 3 February 1989 (age 34 years; as of 2023) in Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 8″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father, Anilkumar Gaikwad, is a bureaucrat, who works as the Joint Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). His mother, Shubhangi Gaikwad, is a homemaker. Ashwajit Gaikwad has two brothers named Vishu Gaikwad and Abhijeet A Gaikwad and a younger sister named Anushka Gaikwad.
Ashwajit Gaikwad with his parents and brothers
Wife & Children
He is married to Ritu Gaikwad. The couple has a son named Aarav Gaikwad.
Relationships/Affairs
Ashwajit Gaikwad was in a relationship with a fashion and beauty influencer named Priya Singh. In 2023, Priya alleged that she had been dating Ashwajit Gaikwad for four and a half years. Reportedly, Priya Singh got to know about Ashwajit Gaikwad’s marriage in December 2023.
Ashwajit Gaikwad with Priya Singh
Career
He is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), which is the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a coalition partner in the Maharashtra government. He is also the president of BJYM in Thane division.
Controversy
Accused of Mowing Down his Girlfriend Priya Singh
On 11 December 2023, Ashwajit Gaikwad and his friends allegedly invited Priya Singh to come to a party at the Court Yard Hotel at around 1 am in Ovla, Thane, after which she went to the hotel. According to Priya, upon arriving at the venue around 3 am, she saw Ashwajit with another woman, reportedly identified as his wife by others. Despite Priya’s multiple attempts, Ashwajit declined to talk to her. Simultaneously, his friend Romil Patil allegedly verbally abused her. When she requested Gaikwad to intervene and stop Patil from mistreating her, Ashwajit allegedly responded by slapping and strangling her, biting her hand, and forcefully pushing her away. Reportedly, after the assault and argument with Ashwajit and his friends, Priya Singh went to retrieve her bag and mobile phone from his SUV when the men assaulted her. According to her, they initially attempted to ram the SUV car (Land Rover Defender) into her from behind near a divider. They then came back and intentionally ran the vehicle over her right leg before swiftly leaving the location. As a result, she allegedly sustained injuries to her stomach, back, and arms, and her right leg was in a cast. She was hospitalized in the ICU at Infinity Hospital in Thane. Ashwajit Gaikwad, along with Romil Patil and Sagar Shelke, were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 279 (rash driving), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and others at the Kasarvadavali police station. In an interview, while talking about the matter and the incident, she said,
I had a four-and-a-half-year relationship with my boyfriend. We were completely in love with each other. I did not know earlier that he was married. Later, when I came to know, he told me that they (his wife and him) were not together anymore and that they had separated. He said that he wanted to marry me. I had been staying with him for a long time. When I went to meet him that night, he was with his wife. I was in shock when I went to talk to him, after which he got aggressive and we had a fight.”
In an interview, Ashwajit Gaikwad denied all the allegations made by the Priya Singh and said that the entire incident was an attempt to extort money from him. He shared,
Whatever has been portrayed is untrue. She (Priya Singh) is just a friend of mine. She came in a drunken condition to a hotel where I was involved in a family function and forced me to talk to her. When I refused, she started abusing me. She also assaulted my friends when they tried to intervene in the matter. When my driver, Shelke, started my car so that she would step aside, she fell. The accident was not intentional. This is nothing, but a way to extort money from me. I have also given her money in the past and I have all the records.”
Facts/Trivia
- His close family members and friends call him Chichu.
- He is a trustee of the Saptarishi Foundation.