RANIPET: A 20-year-old woman who called off her wedding, allegedly after her friends said they disliked the groom, was found hanging at her home in a village in Tamil Nadu‘s Ranipet on Friday, reports Bosco Dominique.
Police said the woman’s parents had chosen to get her married to her 30-year-old cousin and she had initially consented to the union. The elders of both families had fixed the wedding date on November 29 at a village temple.On November 27, however, she approachedArakonam all-women PS and said she had decided to call off the wedding as her friends didn’t like the groom and she too didn’t want to marry her cousin 10 years elder than her.
While cops initially suspected that she was in love with someone else, the woman claimed she was ready to marry anyone her parents chose but the groom should have her approval. Cops invited both families for a peace talk, but in vain. The woman also refused to go with her parents following which the cops accommodated her at a government home in Walajapet in the district.
The woman, however, later changed her mind and gave an undertaking stating her decision to return home.
She left the government accommodation on Thursday morning and was found hanging at home the next day. Nemili Police registered a case and launched a probe.