Nine arrested for assaulting a family from Bengaluru over inter-faith marriage in Velankanni

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Nine persons were arrested aft a Bengaluru-based household was brutally attacked with sickles successful Velankanni connected Wednesday, pursuing the matrimony of a 22-year-old antheral to a pistillate against the wishes of her relatives.

According to the Velankanni police, Daniel, 49, a nonmigratory of Nagavara successful Bengaluru, his woman Kalaiarasi, 38, their lad Rahul, 22, and Rahul’s person Prakash, 34, had arrived successful Velankanni connected December 10. Mr. Rahul had travelled with Keerthana, 20, with whom helium was successful a relationship, and the mates got joined astatine Velankanni earlier checking into a backstage lodge successful the town.

The constabulary said that aft learning astir the marriage, Ms. Keerthana’s parents, Raja Rao and his wife, on with her aunt and much than 15 relatives, travelled to Velankanni. On Wednesday morning, the radical confronted Mr. Rahul’s household astatine the lodge and, successful a acceptable of rage, allegedly attacked Mr. Rahul, Mr. Daniel, Ms. Kalaiarasi and Mr. Prakash with sickles and different weapons they had brought, earlier forcibly taking Ms. Keerthana distant from the scene.

Hearing the commotion, residents and lodge unit rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the Government Medical College Hospital, Orathur, wherever each the 4 were being treated successful the intensive attraction unit.

Based connected a complaint, the Velankanni constabulary person registered a lawsuit nether aggregate provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including causing wounded with unsafe weapons, transgression trespass with intent to perpetrate an offence, wrongful restraint, abduction of an big without consent, transgression intimidation, effort to origin grievous hurt, and unlawful assembly with weapons.

The constabulary aboriginal arrested 9 persons: Venkob Rao, 32; Ramnath Rao, 40; Vijay, 35; Punithkumar, 37; Konanahalli Chandrappa, 33; Manjeshwari, 36; Raja Rao, 43; Savitha, 39, each from Bengaluru; and Karthi, 34, of Tiruvannamalai district. Seven of the accused men were lodged successful the Nagapattinam District Prison portion 2 women were sent to the Tiruvarur Sub-Jail for Women.

Ms. Keerthana has since near the spot with her grandfather, the constabulary added.

Published - December 12, 2025 06:08 p.m. IST

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