The film star Chiranjeevi is locked in first case as politician with the registration of a case against him, Dalit writer Kathi Padma Rao, his son Chetan and others at the Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar police station on Friday night for their role in the controversial inter-caste wedding of the writer's son.
Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi was booked for "conniving with others in kidnap, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation". He attended the marriage of Padma Rao's son Chetan with Nalini, a 24-year-old engineer belonging to an upper caste, at Film Nagar club on August 30.
The wedding triggered a controversy after the bride's parents Tammina Subba Rao and T Mani alleged that their daughter was kidnapped and forced into the wedlock at the behest of the actor and his fans. They also filed a petition with the State Human Rights Commission on Saturday complaining that though they had lodged a complaint police did not act on it.
Nalini’s mother, Mani, approached the SR Nagar police station today and lodged a complaint. According to inspector D Pratap, the complainant maintained that Nalini was kidnapped from the working women’s hostel at Ameerpet where she was staying by Katti Padma Rao and his son Chetan ‘‘in connivance with Chiranjeevi and his fans’’. ‘‘If Nalini states that she went of her own accord and the marriage was not performed under duress, the case would be dropped,’’ the police said. For her part, Nalini has already made it clear that there is no coercion involved and said her parents are ‘‘influenced by some persons.’’
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