Sircilla kidnap case takes a twist: ‘Victim’ releases wedding video

The episode began unfolding in the early hours of Tuesday, when the girl, Shalini, was 'kidnapped' by four persons when she was coming out of a temple along with her father Chandraiah.

Rajanna-Sircilla: High drama prevailed in Chandurthi from Tuesday morning, first when a video of a woman being ‘kidnapped‘ went viral, and later in the day, when the woman came out releasing another video, stating that she was not kidnapped and that she had gone to get married to her lover as per her wish.

The episode began unfolding in the early hours of Tuesday, when the girl, Shalini, was ‘kidnapped’ by four persons when she was coming out of a temple along with her father Chandraiah. Even as the police have launched a search for her, Shalini released the video, in which she said she and Gnaneshwar alias Johnny were in love for the last four years.

Johnny had come to the temple to pick her up only with her consent. She said she was initially confused as Johnny was wearing a mask covering his face. However, she recognized him later and went with him and got married to him as per her wish.

Before Shalini released the video, IT Minister KT Rama Rao, who was in the district, had summoned Superintendent of Police Rahul Hegde and enquired about the incident, instructing him to arrest the kidnappers by evening.

Earlier in the morning, a video of the ‘kidnap’ was widely shared on social media. Shalini had gone to the local Hanuman temple to perform pujas around 5 am. In the video, while she was coming out of the temple, four persons, who reached there in a car, forcibly took her into the vehicle after hitting her father Chandraiah. The shocked father then rushed to the police station and lodged a complaint, based on which the police registered a case and began investigation.

According to villagers, both Gnaneshwar and Shalini were in a relationship for quite some time. Though they tried to marry, they couldn’t do so earlier since she was a minor then. However, her parents approached the police, who handed over her to them after counseling. Following this, they had fixed her marriage with another person and also performed an engagement recently.