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CHENNAI: A woman got her marriage in Ayanavaram stopped by asking her boyfriend to send photographs of them together to the groom , police said.

The family of the groom, who got the ‘package’ of photos and videos during the pre-marriage reception on Saturday, immediately called off the wedding and got him hitched the next day to a woman relative who had come to attend the function, an officer said. After finding out the truth, the MGR Nagar police summoned the woman and her boyfriend to the station and let them off with a warning. No case was registered.

Earlier, the bride’s father had lodged a complaint with police demanding action against the person who sent the damning photographs. He also demanded action against the groom and his family.

Soon, the MGR Nagar police swung into action and collected the mobile number from where the videos and photos were forwarded. They found a resident of Nesapakkam had sent them, seized his phone and collected the data. Surfing through the data, they discovered that some messages forwarded by a few friends had been deleted and questioned him. The man confessed that he had received the messages from the bride herself who devised a plan to stop her marriage that was allegedly being held against her wishes.

The Nesapakkam resident told police he had fallen in love with the woman and that her parents, when they heard of it, decided to get her married despite her protests.

The woman then forwarded the groom’s mobile number and asked him to forward some of the videos and photos of them together to him, he told police.

Police them summoned all the parties concerned and decided to resolve the matter amicably. The woman’s father withdrew his complaint, police said.

