Taliparamba

Kannur

Kerala

Ummar

on Friday

Karnataka

Sudhakaran

A 56-year-old man with at least 14 wives was arrested by thepolice indistrict offor raping a 30-year-old woman.Police say A.K.Ummar of 7th mile is wealthy and owns several properties. He reportedly does some business in the Gulf countries.According to Taliparamba circle inspector of police, P.K.Sudhakaran, in a latest incident`married' a 30-year-old woman of Nilambur whose family was in penury. He approached the woman with the promise of taking care of her parents and siblings and in a fake ceremony `married' her two months ago. He took her to his villa in Kannur where he allegedly harassed her. When she insisted on registering their marriage he declined. The woman returned to Nilambur and narrated her plight to local politicians who lodged a complaint with the police resulting in the arrest of Ummar"Sometime ago we received a complaint against him saying he married a minor girl belonging tostate. But during investigation we found the woman had crossed 18 years. Further he paid money to the woman's family. So they didn't prefer to lodge a complaint,"said."To our knowledge he has at least 14 wives including a woman from Kenya," the police officer told Mirror.Ummar was booked for rape and remanded to custody.