Chennai: The Madras high court has directed the Salem Police Commissioner to provide protection till November 28, to the daughter of DharÂmaÂÂpuri DMDK MLA, who apprehended threÂats from her father since she married her lover against her parents’ wishes.
Justice K.K. SasidÂhaÂran gave the interim direction and posted to November 28 further hearing of the petition from B. Pavithra, to enable additional goÂverÂnment pleader S. DiÂwÂakar to get instructions.
According to PavÂithra, she belongs to the Vanniyar community and was doing her first year B.E in a private college.
During her visit to her grandmother's house in Omalur Taluk, she had an affair with a person named Arul, who beloÂnged to the same community and was working in a private company. Pavithra's father, A. Baskar, was opposed to her love affair because of Arul’s poor economic condition.
Her parents started harassing her and begÂan making arrangements for her marriage. Hence, she and ArÂul eloped and got married on NoveÂmber 20 at a temple as per Hindu rites and ceremonies.
On coming to know about the marriage, Pavithra’s parents, usiÂng their political influence, engaged henchmen to separate them. They were thus facing a severe threat from her parents and hiding wherever they could. Friends providing them shelter were also threatened.
