Woman barred from village for a decade, HC orders reprobe

Chennai: Justice PN Prakash, on pointing out that the police have registered a case in 2014 and thereafter, closed the case without even filing a closure report before the court concerned, said: “In the opinion of this court, the police have conducted a perfunctory investigation in this case and hence, this court directs the police to conduct reinvestigation and provide sufficient protection to the petitioner and her family.”

The petitioner, a Keralite woman who fell in love with one Subramanian who belongs to Udayar community and a resident of Soolankurichi village, Kallakurichi district, had argued that after her husband Subramanian died due to heart attack on December 25, 2007, she and her daughter were not permitted by some vested interests in Soolankurichi village to even enter the village.

But despite the High Court directing the police to give protection on a plea moved in this regard in 2009, nothing has come forth with her being unable to visit the village.

The petitioner’s counsel Selvi Rajesh submitted that because of the turmoil undergone by the petitioner, she lost her mental balance and now she is admitted in Santhigiri Ashram in Bengaluru for treatment. She further submitted that the petitioner’s daughter Karuna (13) is being brought up by her aunt.