CHENNAI: A 40-year-old woman and two of her relatives were arrested on Sunday for kidnapping a man, who had refused to marry her daughter, from Thiruvottiyur on Saturday night.Kavitha, Shankar Kumar, 28, and Hari Krishnan, 25, were charged with kidnapping, and assault and remanded in judicial custody.Police said, Krishnaraj, 25, a private company employee from Seyyar, Kancheepuram, was dating a 20-year-old girl from Chennai for the past one year. They worked at the same firm and spent a lot of time in each other’s company. Krishnaraj had also promised to marry the girl. Last month, they decided that they will meet their parents and tell them about the relationship and even fix a wedding date.Trouble started last week when Krisharaj started ignoring her calls and avoided meeting her. When asked about his change in behaviour, he told her that he wanted to break it off with her.When she asked him the reason, he alleged that she was having an affair with another colleague and was not interested in marrying her anymore.The girl went and complained to her mother and even threatened to kill herself. Kavitha, who got worried about her daughter, involved two of her relatives and decided to convince Krishnaraj to marry her daughter. When their efforts to convince him proved futile, they devised a plan to kidnap him.On Saturday, Kavitha made her daughter speak to Krishnaraj. “She told him that she would not get in touch with him anymore and wished to meet him one last time,” said the investigating officer. They decided to meet at a temple.Krishnaraj took his friend Vasantha Kumar, who’s an advocate, along with him. Upon reaching the temple, he started talking to the girl. Taking advantage of the situation, Kavitha and two others bundled up Krishnaraj in a car and drove away.His advocate friend lodged a complaint with the Thiruvottiyur police. The police team found them at a garbage dumping ground near Manali and the trio was arrested.Police said Shankar is an LLB graduate, while Hari is pursuing law in Andhra Pradesh.

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