Civil police officer Anushya marries Anoop with the help of her colleagues

When a fellow policewoman sought their help to marry her boyfriend from another caste against her parents’ opposition, the police at the Chevayur station in Kozhikode city got up to salute her wish.

In just hours, civil police officer V.R. Anushya and autorickshaw driver C.B. Anoop became man and wife on Monday. The 28-year-old policewoman and the 33-year-old auto driver had met and fallen in love at the same police station.

On Sunday, the men and women in khaki sprang to action when Anushya told them that her parents had been harassing her for choosing Anoop as her future husband. Anoop’s caste status was the issue. The colleagues decided to get the two married the following day. They arranged a wedding ceremony at a nearby temple. They bought bridal attire and the policewomen got Anushya ready for the ceremony.

On Monday, the bride and bridegroom left the station for the ceremony, with police personnel and vehicles accompanying them. The simple temple ceremony over, the colleagues took the newly-weds back to the police station, where their romance had bloomed.

A conventional wedding ‘sadya' (dinner) was awaiting them at the station. The bride’s bosses and colleagues served the bride and bridegroom.

“We raised funds from among ourselves to meet the wedding expenses,” Sub-Inspector E.K. Shiju, who was sort of master-of-ceremony for the event, told The Hindu. The couple left to stay at Anoop’s home.