Actress and politician Khushbu Sundar said that her father sexually abused her when she was eight years old. She revealed this during an interview with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Story. She said that even if she had told her mother about this, she wouldn’t have believed it.

‘When a child is sexually abused, it scars the child for life and it is not about a girl or a boy. My mother went through the most abusive marriage. My father thought it was his birthright to beat his wife and sexually abuse his only daughter. My father sexually and physically abused me at the age of 8. I had the courage to speak against him when I was 15. I thought that it was enough and I started revolting against him. One fear I had was my mother may not believe this because she that her husband is her God. My father left us when I was 16,’ said Khushbu.

Khushbu was recently nominated as a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW).