LOVE, ABDUCTION AND A TRIAL

While the abduction of a young man from a village in Tiruvallur went unnoticed, what happened later grabbed the headlines.

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Following up on a case filed by the mother of the boy, the police said their investigation had revealed the involvement of an MLA, a former SI and even a senior police officer. R. Sivaraman examines the many twists and turns the case underwent before the Supreme Court stepped in.

The suspended ADGP, H.M. Jayaram, coming out of the Thiruvalangadu police station in Tiruvallur district, after a lengthy interrogation, on June 17. The Supreme Court has set aside the order of the Madras High Court that had directed the police to “secure and take action” against Mr. Jayaram and directed that the matter be handed over to the CB-CID for further investigation.

It is best to start stories from where they begin. This is how this particular tale unravelled: about four years ago, Dhanush, a diploma student of Kalambakkam village in Tiruvallur district, and his friend took part in an inter-college cultural programme at Dindigul. There he met Vijaya Sri, a coordinator of the event. What began as a friendship blossomed into love. A couple of months ago, the couple decided to get married as Mr. Dhanush landed a job at a private company in Vandalur and Ms. Vijaya Sri was also a major (21). They were happily in love.

However, the shocks were yet to come. When Ms. Vijaya Sri told her father Vanaraja, a wholesale coconut trader in Theni, that she wished to marry Mr. Dhanush, the family did not take her seriously. But Mr. Vanaraja sought the help of Maheswari, a dismissed Sub-Inspector, to verify Mr. Dhanush's family background. Thereafter, Mr. Vanaraja told his daughter that her marriage to Mr. Dhanush would not be a good idea because he did not match either their caste or financial status (Ms. Vijaya Sri is a Naidu and Mr. Dhanush is Vishwakarma or 'Asaari').

Steadfast in her goal