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Thanjavur woman foils second marriage by husband

By Our Staff Reporter

Thanjavur June 6. After Vidya of Chennai, yet another woman has risen against injustice and had her husband arrested right at venue of a Kumbakonam marriage hall, where he was to take a second wife yesterday.

While Vidya alleged dowry harassment and called off her marriage hours before the knot was to be tied on June 4, Latha's case was `betrayal'. After a love affair, Latha and Sakthivelan, both of Thanjavur, got married on February 3 last year. But a few days ago came the news that a second marriage was being arranged for him.

Sakthivelan, she said, pleaded helplessness, saying his father insisted on his marrying again. Latha argued in vain with her father-in-law, Govindaraj. As Sakthivelan was to be married yesterday to Vani Sumathi, daughter of Ambikapathy of Kumbakonam, Latha approached the all-women police station here. A team of police lead by an inspector rushed to Kumbakonam and arrested Sakthivelan. He was produced in court and remanded to custody.

Husband held for dowry demand

Our Ramanathapuram Staff Reporter reports

In another case, a farmer was arrested by the all-women police at Sellur in Ramanathapuram district on the charge of demanding dowry from his parents-in-law. The police are on the look out for his parents, Angu and Solaiammal. According to police sources, Subramani, allegedly harassed his wife, Rajalakshmi, who he married two years ago, to bring Rs. 2,000 and seven sovereigns of gold ornaments from her parents. She lodged a complaint with the Paramakudi all-women police station.

Our Tiruchi Staff Reporter reports

The Lalgudi police today arrested two persons on charges of harassing a recently-married woman for more dowry. Y. John Leo (25) and his mother, Maria Louis Mary (45), were arrested, based on a complaint by Leo's wife, Jennifer. She alleged that she was also sent back to her parent's house.

Jennifer lodged a complaint with the all-women police station at Lalgudi. The police are on the look out for Leo's sister, Jhansi Rani.

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