CHENNAI: A 27-year-old woman kidnapped her estranged live-in partner, who pestered her, demanding she return the money he spent on her and warned him to stay away from her.
Royapettah police arrested the accused, a BPO employee, and three others, including an AIADMK functionary, in connection with the kidnapping and assault.
The police registered a case based on a complaint from E Balasubramaniam (40) of Royapettah. A divorcee, Balasubramaniam, entered into a relationship with the accused, Monica, alias Thamizhselvi, three years ago, and the two of them lived together.
Monica was working as an English teacher at a private school and later joined a BPO in Ambattur, police sources said. Balasubramaniam and Monicka had a fallout recently, after which the man allegedly began pestering her to return the few lakhs he spent on her.
Frustrated over this, Monica sought the help of low-level political functionaries to warn Balasubramaniam.
Accordingly, on Monday (February 23), Monica asked Balasubramaniam to come to Balaji Nagar 4th Street in Royapettah to discuss their issue. When the man turned up at the location, he was bundled into an autorickshaw and taken to a ground in Gopalapuram, where he was threatened with weapons.
He was subjected to physical assault and warned to stay away from Monica.
The injured man filed a complaint after which police conducted investigations and arrested Monica (27) of Perambur, Kumar (47), Arumugam (40) and Naveenkumar (24) -- all three from Royapettah.
Arumugam is an AIADMK functionary and has five cases against him, the police said. All the accused were produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody. Search is on for the two other accused.