TIRUVARUR: A 28-year-old Malaysian national staged a protest in a marriage hall near Muthupettai in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday alleging that authorities had failed to stop the second marriage of her husband. The Malaysian woman came to know that the function that was to take place in the hall on Sunday turned out to be a marriage reception, as the marriage had taken place two days before.The woman, Thurka Devi Ramis, alleged that though she had lodged an online complaint with the office of the superintendent of police of Tiruvarur, police had failed to act on it.According to sources, M Rajkumar, 30, a native of Perugavazhnthan in Tiruvarur district, was working as a driver in Singapore. Thurka Devi was working in a hospital in Singapore as a staff nurse. Both fell in love and got married at a temple in Singapore in February 2016. After that, they had been living together in a house, the woman said.Thurka Devi and RajkumarRajkumar arrived in his native place 10 days ago. After that, Rajkumar’s parents arranged his marriage with a woman. All the arrangement had been made to solemnise the marriage on January 20.When she came to know that her husband was going to marry a woman, Thurka Devi contacted Rajkumar. However, there was no response from him, she alleged.Following that, Thurka lodged an online complaint with the office of the superintendent of police of Tiruvarur.She arrived at Perugavazhnthan on Sunday morning and went to the marriage hall along with a police team headed by Perugavazhnthan inspector Supriya.Though relatives and guests were present in the hall, Thurka Devi could not find Rajkumar and his new bride. She came to know that after coming to her moves to stop the marriage, the parents of Rajkumar had got his marriage solemnised two days earlier than the scheduled date. This had led Thurka Devi to resort to stage a sit-in protest in the hall.Speaking to reporters, Thurka Devi alleged that if the police had acted swiftly based on her online complaint, they could have stopped the marriage. But the police had not given much importance to her complaint, she alleged. She said her marriage with Rajkumar was very much known to both of their families. Even Rajkumar’s relatives had visited her Singapore house and stayed for some days, she said.Police inspector Supriya told TOI that a case had been registered based on Durga Devi’s online complaint.When asked about Rajkumar’s alleged second marriage, the inspector said, “We don’t know anything about his second marriage. We are inquiring it,” she said.The inspector said she was unaware of a function that was going on in the marriage hall at Perugavazhnthan on Sunday.

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