Singaporean cricketer moves HC to rescue wife

Singaporean cricketer moves HC to rescue wife

K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com

Madurai:26.01.2021 

Surendran Chandramohan, a native of Thanjavur district who is presently a member of Singapore cricket team, has filed a habeas corpus petition before the Madras high court seeking to rescue his wife, who he claimed was detained by her parents. Chandramohan said he had completed diploma in mechanical engineering and went to Singapore in 2010 for employment. At present, he is a member of the Singapore national cricket team. The petitioner said that he and Sneka from Thanjavur were in a relationship since 2018. However, Sneka’s parents were opposed to their relationship as they belonged to different castes. In November last year, Sneka called him over phone and informed that her parents were planning to solemnise her marriage to another man.

Due to this, he came to India and went and spoke to the girl’s parents but they did not agree to their marriage. On December 13, 2020, he and Sneka solemnised their marriage in a temple at Thiruvonam without the knowledge of her parents. They also registered their marriage on December 29 at the Thiruvonam sub-registrar office in the district.

Chandramohan stated that he had received a call from Sneka in January saying that her parents came to know about their marriage and were planning to marry her off to another person. Sneka had also mentioned that her parents threatened her of dire consequences if she refused to marry the person of their choice.

He claimed that his wife was illegally detained by her parents and there is a threat to her life. He had filed a complaint by narrating all the facts before the Pattukottai all women police on January

21. Instead of registering a case, they had just issued a CSR.

He stated that since Sneka’s father is an influential person there was no progress in the investigation and no steps were taken to rescue her.

Hence, the petitioner filed a habeas corpus petition before the Madurai bench of the high court. When the case was taken up for hearing on Monday, a division bench of justices K Kalyanasundaram and G Ilangovan sought response from the Thanjavur superintendent of police and adjourned the case to January 29.