A day after Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's younger daughter got married under dramatic circumstances, police said the groom had a criminal past.
HYDERABAD: A day after Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's younger daughter got married under dramatic circumstances, police on Thursday said the groom had a criminal past.
Sirish Bharadwaj (22), who married Srija (19) at a secret ceremony in Arya Samaj temple yesterday, was involved in the kidnapping of a girl five years ago, Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar police station inspector Venkata Ratnam said.
He was arrested on March 30, 2002 and was subsequently released on bail, Ratnam said.
The case, registered on the basis of a complaint filed by the girl's father, was then treated as a juvenile offence as Bharadwaj was still a minor.
The case came to light in the wake of the flutter created by the marriage. Srija, a CA student, defied her family's wishes and walked out of her home to enter into wedlock with her boy friend Bharadwaj, with whom she was in love for four years.
The couple had sought police protection fearing threat to their lives from the actor's family. However, the whereabouts of the couple was still not known as they are yet to contact their families.
While Chiranjeevi is said to be in a state of shock ever since he learnt of his daughter's marriage, the groom's father Venkata Ramana Murthy, an advocate, said he and his wife were staying at a relative's place as they feared threat from the actor's fans.
Murthy admitted his son was involved in a kidnap case five years ago. He made it clear that he had disapproved of the marriage proposal and told his son not to go ahead with
his plans.
Murthy claimed that he had no idea of his son's whereabouts and added that he came to know about the marriage through one of his friends.
"We need protection as we fear attack from Chiranjeevi's fans," he said.
Murthy's wife is related to the wife of senior Congress MLA from city P Janardhan Reddy. Replying to a query, Murthy said he did not approach Reddy for any help in this regard. "I know he will not support such activities," he said.
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