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2 hours before 14th marriage, Ernakulam woman held in Kerala capital; probe begins
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T'puram: A few days after a 30-year-old woman from Ernakulam was arrested in the state capital for attempting to get married for the 14th time, concealing her past record, Aryanad police have set up a team to probe her activities over the past couple of years.
Kanjiramattom native Reshma Chandrasekharan, mother of a two-year-old, was arrested last week just two hours before she was about to marry Aneesh C, 35, a panchayat ward member representing Parandodu in the capital district. She reportedly had planned to marry another person next month.
"We will move a custody application before the court to interrogate her and to confirm how many people she had married. We will have to hear about her past from herself.
It must then be verified with the people associated with her," said a police officer. The probe team will also focus on her motive behind marrying several men.
As per preliminary findings, Reshma was excellent in her studies and did her graduation at Kalady Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University. She later moved to CMS College, Kottayam, for post-graduation in Sanskrit and planned to do a PhD as well. Her first marriage was during her studies in 2014 to an Ernakulam native.
In 2022, she became pregnant in a relationship with a Valakom-based man. In the meantime, she married people including from Kollam, Thodupuzha, Angamaly and Vaikom.
Reshma's mother is reportedly staying with the Valakom-based man. He was unaware of Reshma's marriage frauds.
Reshma contacted Aneesh using a number given on a matrimonial website, cooked up stories that she was adopted and convinced him, winning his sympathy.
She also told him that her mother was against her marriage. It was Aneesh who proposed to marry her legally without her mother's consent. However, two hours ahead of the marriage, Aneesh found a wedding card of her marriage with another man from her bag and several certificates. He sensed foul play and alerted police. Aneesh lost Rs 7.5 lakh which he spent on marriage preparations, but said he was happy that he realised she was a cheat at least at the last moment.
