Tamil Nadu minister's daughter elopes after love marriage, seeks police protection from her father

Bengaluru: The daughter of Tamil Nadu Minister PK Sekar Babu sought protection from Bengaluru police after eloping with her husband.

"My father is a minister in Tamil Nadu and right-hand man of chief minister MK Stalin. The Tamil Nadu government and the police there are not helping us. My father is ready to kill us. Therefore we came to Karnataka to seek protection," Jayakalyani told reporters after meeting Bengaluru Commissioner Kamal Pant.

Babu is Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Minister in Tamil Nadu.

Jayakalyani said that she knew Satish Kumar, her husband, for the last six years and fell in love with him, but her father wanted to marry her off to a millionaire Christian boy.

"I and my husband are major. I am 24 years old and he is 27. I left my house as per my wishes. Last time, when we came out of the house, my father was ready to file a kidnap case against my husband. When I interfered and told that if you do so, I will commit suicide. So, he did not do anything," she alleged.

Kumar is an IT professional and running transport business.

"When we came out of the house August last year, they (hired goons) visited my husband's office and broke the glasses of his 7 to 8 vehicles. They also visited many companies and told them not to hire his vehicles," she alleged.

Jayakalyani also alleged that the hired goons visited her husband's house too and broke the window panes. This incident has been captured by CCTV cameras.

"We have these visuals as proof," she said.

The couple tied the knot at Halaswamy Math in Raichur as per Hindu rituals. (UNI)