Jayakalyani, the daughter of Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Minister PK Sekarbabu had taken refuge in Karnataka with her husband following alleged threats to their life from her father. She had been in love with Satish Kumar, a family friend, for seven years before leaving home to marry him last March.
Jayakalyani fled to Bengaluru as she was afraid her father, Shekarbabu, and maternal uncle, Yuvraj, would murder her and her husband because Satishkumar belonged to a different community (Vanniyar).
In this scenario, Jayakalyani claimed in a video that Sekarbabu and the Tamil Nadu police are conspiring to file numerous false cases against Satish Kumar and extradite him to Tamil Nadu. Both have failed to appear in court for any related cases and are currently on the run.
Jayakalyani claimed she was eight months pregnant in the video. She added that if Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin assures their safety, they are willing to return to Tamil Nadu and that they have all the documents to prove their innocence.
She went on to say in the video, “We are hiding in Bengaluru because my father is threatening our lives. If anything happens to me or my child, DMK Minister Sekarbabu, Police Inspector Chellappa, and my maternal uncle Yuvraj should be made responsible.”
Jayakalyani claimed that they did not even go to court because it was too dangerous to leave their hiding place and that all of the cases filed against her husband were bogus. Jayakalyani is thought to have released the video to inform her family that she is pregnant and hopes that her father will accept her.
Many on social media are questioning the double standards of the DMK saying that while the position themselves to be anti-caste, their own Minister has been accused of going on a witchhunt against his daughter for marrying out of caste.
(with inputs from Samayam Tamil)
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