Chennai: A 65-year-old woman on Thursday halted the scheduled secret marriage of her 15-year-old granddaughter and in the process made the police arrest her daughter and her paramour who was supposed to wed the minor girl.
The incident unfolded on Thursday when Kala, single mother of the teenaged school dropout, secretly decided to marry off her daughter to her 40-year-old paramour, Manikandan, a construction supervisor. Kala’s mother Amaravathi, 65, was totally against this plan.
“It appears Amaravathi never liked the idea of Kala and Manikandan having an illicit relationship for the last four years. Just two months ago he had told Kala about his desire to marry her young daughter, born to her first husband. It seems Kala agreed as she wanted continuous financial support from Manikandan. But Kala’s mother opposed it,” the police said on Friday.
As Kala was making final arrangements to marry off her daughter, Amaravathi went to the Pallikaranai police station with the complaint. She was advised to go to Medavakkam all women police station.
The police team, after making enquires, arrested Kala and Manikandan under various sections including Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
