A 24-year-old youth from Payipad near Haripad has petitioned State Police Chief (SPC) Loknath Behera seeking help from the police to allow his partner to live with him.
Edwin Philip Sam, of Ezhuthil Edwin Villa, said that relatives of his lover had forcefully taken her away from his home on November 16 and her whereabouts remained unknown. According to the complainant, he and his lover, a 21-year-old- woman hailing from Vivekanandapuram, Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu submitted notice to the marriage officer, Haripad on November 12, declaring their intent to marry.
“She left her home on November 12 and we were living together at my home. On Friday, some of her relatives along with police personnel from Kanyakumari reached my home and with the help of local police, forcefully took her away stating that she needs to be produced before a Nagercoil Magistrate. I fear for her life. She had told me that her family members would kill her for bringing dishonour on the family,” Edwin said.
Meanwhile, the Veeyapuram police said that woman was taken to Tamil Nadu after her parents filed a missing complaint there.