For the last 4 days, Jayakalyani, the daughter of Tamil Nadu minister PK Sekar Babu, has been tenting in Bengaluru with her husband, Sathish Kumar. They acquired married at a mutt in north Karnataka just a couple of days in the past in the presence of a few activists and lawyers. Even as they continue to attain out to Bengaluru police, seeking protection from the DMK minister and his family, they have been constantly altering locations, with the concern that her father’s mates might attain them.
According to the couple, Sekar Babu, who is the Minister of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of Tamil Nadu, has been opposing the relationship because of the difference in their social and financial status. Jayakalyani belongs to the Naidu community and Sathish belongs to the Vanniyar community. Jayakalyani says however that caste is no longer the trouble in their case; Sekar Babu’s grouse against Sathish is over his financial standing, alleges Jayakalyani.
“We started out talking to each other in 2015, after a mutual friend delivered us,” Jayakalyani, tells TNM. “We lived in the same area. In the 2d year of our relationship, our parents got to understand and they threatened us. Sathish additionally was once in DMK and was once with the childhood wing of the party,” she says. But he was once relieved of his obligations in the birthday party and removed from the birthday party at Sekar Babu’s behest, the newlyweds allege.
They have eloped as soon as before too, solely to be placed by Sekhar Babu’s associates. “We left our house and went to Pune in August 2021,” Jayakalyani says. During that time, she says her father’s henchmen reportedly roughed up Sathish’s pals and assaulted participants of his family. “They then caught us and introduced us back to Chennai in opposition to our wishes. They took him in a separate auto and kept him in a location in Thiruvallur for two months in illegal custody. Sathish’s household and friends such as his sister, her family, along with her two young youth had been stored in the police station for three days,” she alleges.
Sathish Kumar has quite a few cases booked against him and the couple allege that most of them are instances foisted on him by her father and his friends. Sources close to her household claim instances in opposition to him are the purpose they oppose the relationship. Sathish faces expenses of IPC Sections 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint), 294(b) (sings, recites or utters any obscene song, ballad or words, in or close to any public place), 506 (Punishment for crook intimidation), 323(Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt amongst others).
Jayakalyani says that there was just one police case Sathish faced earlier than their relationship. “In 2014, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, there used to be a case filed towards him for tearing a AIADMK banner. But after 2015, there have been instances foisted on him at my father’s behest. A false robbery case used to be also filed towards him. He used to be no longer at that area however nevertheless he was made the first accused in the case. The Inspector probing the case had stated that they noticed the CCTV pictures and he was not seen in it. But the police have been interestingly underneath pressure,” she alleges.
Among the prices that Sathish faces, the most serious one is of rape. The case reportedly used to be filed by means of a former lady friend of Sathish after their separation however Jayakalyani accuses her father and his pals of implicating him in the case too. “Before he met me, he was in a relationship with any other female and they separated after a fight. They made her file a faux case of dishonest against him and that was later converted into a rape case. In 2019, she desired to withdraw the case however she used to be threatened now not to,” she says.
TNM has no longer been in a position to get admission to the FIR copy pertaining to this case or independently verify the claims through talking to the complainant. The Minister’s confidante who TNM spoke to meanwhile maintained that Satish used to be a history sheeter and consequently the family was adverse to the relationship.
While in Bengaluru, the couple says they have been spending sleepless nights; they are involved about the protection of Sathish’s family who have reportedly long gone incommunicado. “I final spoke to my household on March 4 and when you consider that then their telephones have been switched off. We don’t be aware of what their circumstance is. We worry they have been threatened,” Sathish says. Jayakalyani adds, “We requested our friends to contact them but they too have no longer been capable to do so.”
TNM visited Sathish’s family’s residence in Chennai and observed the residence locked. A neighbour says that they closing saw Sathish’s mother, sister and brother-in-law on March 4 “The police and celebration guys have been travelling the house when you consider that the day Jayakalyani went missing. But the visits stopped after movies of her getting married to Satish surfaced on social media and TV channels,” the neighbour says. “We never saw the family being taken away by way of someone. The household looks to have left on their own,” they add.
Appealing to the Bengaluru police commissioner to grant them a secure haven in the city, Sathish says, “We simply desire the Bengaluru Police Commissioner to supply us protection. We came here due to the fact we will not be safe in Tamil Nadu.”
Making an appeal to the Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Jayakalyani says that they are speaking to the media not to defame the Tamil Nadu authorities or the state. “We just favor them to recognize the truth of what has passed off to us. We urge the CM to order an investigation into this and if he offers us an appointment, we will give an explanation for the whole thing to him,” she adds.
