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Girl's parents file complaint against Chiranjeevi
A couple on Saturday lodged a police complaint against Telugu superstar and Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi, Dalit leader Katti Padma Rao and his son Chetan accusing them of involving in the "kidnapping" of their daughter.
- IANS
- Published: 23:28 September 6, 2008
Hyderabad: A couple on Saturday lodged a police complaint against Telugu superstar and Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi, Dalit leader Katti Padma Rao and his son Chetan accusing them of involving in the "kidnapping" of their daughter.
Parents of Nalini, 24, in their complaint, said their daughter was "kidnapped" and was forced into marriage with Chetan.
They lodged the complaint against Chiranjeevi, Padma Rao and Chetan with the Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar police station.
T. Subba Rao and T. Naga Shiromani alleged that Chiranjeevi attended the marriage and called Nalini his "adopted daughter".
The complaint was lodged a day after the girl's parents met Home Minister K. Jana Reddy and Leader of Opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu and sought their help in tracing out their daughter.
The home minister advised them to lodge a complaint with the police.
Chetan, son of Padma Rao, married Nalini on August 30. Chiranjeevi attended the inter-caste marriage as Padma Rao had joined his Praja Rajyam party two days after its launch on August 26.
"How a person [Chiranjeevi] who still has not accepted the inter-caste marriage of his own daughter Sreeja, could adopt a 24-year-old girl without the consent of her parents," asked Shiromani.
The actor's daughter Sreeja had last year eloped with a boy and married him against the wishes of her parents.
Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam party has clarified that the megastar attended the wedding as an invitee and that nothing more needed be interpreted into his presence.
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