Marriage Issue-Is annulment/divorce the next step? Please advise in this regards.

2 years ago

I had an arranged marriage in Jan 2020 after meeting just once (otherwise interacting only on occasional calls) and moved in with my in-laws thereafter. My husband left within 2 weeks of our marriage since he was based out of another city. He was going to find a new flat there after which I was going to join him. There was a delay in this flat finding process as my mom in law wanted us to move only after mid April because of some astrology she believed in. Just before we could move, covid pandemic blew up and we got stuck in lockdowns in separate cities. Later my husband came back to our hometown when the lockdown was eased in June. From then we started staying together at my in-laws place along with my parents in law and unmarried sister in law. That place is quite tiny and had 2 small bedrooms adjacent to each other. My husband would always be busy chatting, laughing, teasing with his mom/sis. But he used to just have some customary talks throughout the day with me and never initiated any physical relationship with me, be it a simple act of just holding my hand or a hug or any other form of intimacy. Even during nights, he would be sitting with his mom/sis till late night until they go to sleep and then come to our room and browse his mobile. All this was suffocating me but my husband never understood my feelings. This went on for a year with me visiting my parents place few times in a month as it was in the same locality. I finally opened up to my parents about my marriage being non consummated and the truth of my marriage as it was stressing me out completely. They had a talk with my parents in law and all of them arranged for me and my husband to have a clear up chat and get a fresh start for our relationship in Jan 2021. After the chat, we planned to finally move to the other city, settle and start our lives fresh. My husband left again to the other city and found a new flat. We moved to the new city with my parents in law and sister in law in Mar 2021. While setting up the new place, we had few differences and fought. All my in-laws gave me a silent treatment after that and some taunts here and there for a few days. These incidents stressed me out a lot. One day when I confronted him, he shouted at me in front of his whole family and then told me that even I return to my parents place, he wouldn't stop me. Even then I stayed there for the sake of the relationship. By the end of Mar 2021, my in-laws returned back to their hometown. Me and my husband were together alone for the first time after our marriage. I spoke to him about forgetting all that had happened and to start afresh and he agreed. Few days went by and things were ok. But whenever we would go to bed, he used to start watching his mobile. Whenever in the night I turned towards him, he used to turn his back towards me. These things hurt me a lot and I became very quiet. We didn't talk much in the upcoming days and had a fight because of this. He proposed that both of us reconsider this marriage, if we wanted it or not. Just after that his family got affected with covid and by April mid we were back to our hometown. He went to my in-laws place to take care of them and asked me to go to my parents place since there was a risk of infection in their small house. I regularly enquired with my in-laws and my husband over call, video calls, for the next 2 weeks until they were feeling well and out of quarantine. But I couldn't go visit them because of covid lockdown. The only call I received from anyone in that house was on my birthday and nothing after that. But I still called my mom in law and enquired about all of them daily till June beginning when I got the covid vaccine. I had informed about it to my mom in law and I was not well for a few days after taking it but none of my in-laws or my husband bothered to check up on my health. I stopped calling them from then and they anyway have not called me. It has been more than 1.5 month now without any contact and I am not able to take it anymore. What should I do? I don't know if there is anything salvageable in this marriage and feel hopeless. Do I have legal rights in this matter? Is annulment/divorce the next step? Please advise in this regards.