Bengaluru: A 22-year-old daughter of a commercial taxes joint commissioner fell in love with her driving school instructor and eloped with him last Thursday only to be rescued by the police. The girl, who is an engineering student, was brought back to the city after her parents filed a missing person complaint with the JP Nagar police.
As the girl was still stubborn about her decision, her parents took her to Nimhans and obtained a certificate that she was mentally unsound. She was produced before a magistrate and was later sent to the state-run girls’ home as she refused to go with her parents.
The driving school instructor, Vishwa, a resident of J.P. Nagar, claimed that they both got married at a temple in Male Mahadeshwara Hills on Thursday, the same day they eloped. Vishwa said that they came in touch with each other three months ago after she got herself enrolled with the driving school in J.P. Nagar. When the girl’s parents came to know about their affair, they stoutly opposed it.
Vishwa said that his girlfriend was ill-treated and tortured at home, and on Thursday she came out of her house on her own accord. She called Vishwa on his phone and told him that she was waiting for him near Bidadi. Vishwa picked her up in a car and both of them went to Ramanagar and then to MM Hills where they got married, Vishwa said.
Meanwhile, the girl’s father, Dr Siddaramaiah, filed a missing complaint at the JP Nagar police station a day after his daughter left home. The police managed to trace the couple to M.M. Hills brought them back to the city on Tuesday night.
The girl’s parents took her straight from the police station to Nimhans and obtained the certificate that she was mentally unsound, Vishwa said. “Though the couple claim that they got married at a temple, there is no proof. The wedding is not legally valid as they did not get it registered,” said a senior police officer.
“After the missing complaint, we traced the girl and brought her back. We produced her before a magistrate. As the girl and the boy are major and as the girl’s parents did not file a kidnapping complaint, action against Vishwa was not warranted,” the officer said.
Dr Siddaramaiah retired as the joint commissioner of Commercial Taxes on Tuesday, his office confirmed on Wednesday.
