Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Mylapore winning candidate and party state treasurer Venkatraman came under controversy after his wife Meenakshi filed a harassment complaint against him at the Chennai Police Commissioner’s office back in April 2026, as reported in Tamil Times Now.
Venkatraman contested from the Mylapore Assembly constituency in Chennai on behalf of TVK in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The complaint filed by his wife became viral now that TVK is in the news after they came out as the single largest party in Tamil Nadu following the polls.
According to the complaint submitted by Meenakshi, she married Venkatraman, son of Padmanaban from the Pammal area of Chennai, on 19 February 2012. The couple later had a daughter in 2016. However, marital disputes reportedly emerged between them, following which they began living separately.
Meenakshi stated in her petition that a divorce case had earlier been filed before the Family Welfare Court. However, according to her, the court declined to grant divorce and instead directed both of them to continue living together.
Despite the court’s direction, Meenakshi alleged that Venkatraman was not living with her and had continued to stay separately. She further accused him of forcibly separating their daughter from her custody and preventing her from meeting the child.
A complaint was filed by the Mylapore TVK party candidate Venkataraman’s wife to the Chennai city police commissioner’s office against her husband pic.twitter.com/8S3FgrC2Vt
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In the complaint, Meenakshi alleged that her daughter was being kept under Venkatraman’s custody without being shown to her and accused him of threatening and misleading her regarding access to the child. She requested the police to rescue the child from his custody and take appropriate action against him.
Police officials reportedly acknowledged the complaint and directed that appropriate action be initiated based on the petition.
After submitting the complaint at the Commissioner’s office, Meenakshi also spoke to media persons regarding the allegations made against her husband.
The controversy has gained attention once again because the complaint surfaced during the Assembly election campaign, with TVK being the centre of attention in the news now and public scrutiny of TVK MLAs is increasing.
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