A 69-year-old man has been forced to live on the front lawn of his $1.3million mansion for six months after his angry doctor wife kicked him out.
The man Sharafat Khan is a millionnare who is now homeless. However he sleeps just a few feet away from the front door of his lavish Seabrook, Texas home because the mother of his two children, Shahnaz, 61, changed the locks in the midst of an ongoing domestic dispute.
Someone close to the situation said Khan's wife claims she can't file for divorce because she and her husband practice Islam and they strictly follow Sharia law. Khan told KPRC this has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with money.
He can’t file for divorce because he claims he can't afford to.
He has no access to the couple's money and has been barred from using the washing facilities, even though he owns half the suburban property.
Neighbours are very worried because he is elderly, in poor health and in a fragile state.
Khan doesn’t feel like he should have to leave because the home and property are just as much his. He said he wants to be allowed inside and he’s hoping he can pressure his wife into changing her mind.
Night after night he sleeps on the front porch wrapped in a sheet. During the day he tries to find shade under the trees. On Monday he was eating saltine crackers and drinking a warm bottle of water.
Neighbours said if they take him blankets and pillows, the wife takes them away.
There are signs posted all over the home instructing the neighbours not to help him or feed him.
Accordin to Khan, the dispute is over his relationship with other family members. She wanted him to cut ties but he refused.
Police officers who are familiar with the situation said they have been called out to the home 20 to 30 times in the last six months. There is nothing legally they can do because Khan has every right to be there and they can’t force his wife to let him in.