Newly-wed couple in Coimbatore seek protection

December 24, 2014 08:03 am | Updated 08:03 am IST - COIMBATORE

N. Mukthar (24), a dance master of South Ukkadam in the city, and his wife Sneha alias Siyana Fathima, daughter of a renowned textile showroom owner at Gandhipuram, submitted a petition to the police once again on Tuesday. They have sought protection and speedy arrest of those who allegedly abducted and tried to separate them, earlier this month.

In the absence of City Police Commissioner, they submitted a copy of the petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Pravesh Kumar. Later, Mukthar told reporters that they were living in fear as the police were yet to arrest the persons who have been a threat to their lives. “We want to live a normal life,” he said.

The couple were married on December 3. They claimed that the girl’s relatives have been trying to separate them by various means.

The accused included Siddique Ali – son of Syed Ahmed Basha, the prime accused in the serial bomb blast case, – who was also convicted in the serial blasts. Last week, a case was registered against him on charges of trying to separate the couple and Siddique Ali’s house was searched by the police.

Mukthar added that he and his wife were taken to the house of one of the accused at P.K. Chetty Street, Kottaimedu, on December 3 and he was offered money to part ways with Sneha.

Mukthar alleged that the accused then threatened to kill his parents if the couple refused to part ways. He said that unable to bear the pressure the two gave written statements at the Kattur Police Station on December 5 that they will separate and did so. They were united once again after Sneha reportedly managed to escape from her house on December 17.

Since then the couple are living in the houses of their well-wishers, fearing that they would once again be intimidated or harmed by the woman’s parent’s henchmen. Copies of the petition were also sent to the Chief Minister’s Special Cell, Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Director General of Police, Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu and Chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission.

The two were accompanied by the representatives of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam led by its former District Secretary M. Shahul Hameed and India Thowheed Jamath led by its district secretary P.H. Umar Farooq.

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