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Tribal woman accuses ex-MPP of cheating her

March 01, 2012 02:34 pm | Updated 02:34 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

Tuberi Nookaratnam displaying a photograph of the former MPP while staging a dharna in front of the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Photo: K.R Deepak

A tribal woman from Devarapalli village in G.K. Veedhi mandal in Visakha Agency staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate here on Wednesday seeking the arrest of a former MPP of Koyyuru.

She alleged that he had deceived her after assuring to marry her.

The woman, Tuberi Nookaratnam (Kumari), alleged that the former MPP of a Left party had taken care of her with a promise of helping her to study degree course at Narsipatnam.

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“After his wife died, the former MPP wanted me to marry him and exploited me. We lived together for more than four years.

When I insisted on marriage, he asked me to wait for some more time and sent me to Hyderabad where he found me a job,” she said.

The woman rushed back to Narsipatnam on coming to know that he was planning to marry another woman.

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She lodged a complaint with the police at Narsipatnam and met the leaders of the Left party, including a former MLA, and district leaders but to no avail, she said.

She submitted a memorandum to the Collector who asked the SP to look into the matter.

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