The egregious bottle-necking of traffic around Andheri station, meant that crossing over has always been anathema to this increasingly indolent breed. Even if the man on the other side is a real catch, he must be located within a radius of just five kilometres. Therefore, convenience becomes all important in the tick-off list. Now, thanks to nifty apps on mobile devices, casual sex is much more readily available, and being ‘spotted’ in the company of strange men is no longer such a bother. Travelling far away also meant a greater degree of anonymity. On Tuesday, she moved the court with a plea claiming her partner was being illegally confined by her parents.A decade ago, a gay man would furtively travel from across city limits to only fleetingly meet what could be (but most likely, not) a significant other. She claimed that her friend’s mother had assured that she would be produced before a court in a few days time, but nothing of that sort has been done. They asked the father of the Ernakulam resident to hold her back and forcibly dragged her partner away, said the posts.She had alleged that she was also able to get in touch with her friend just once a few days later, when the latter was reportedly in some clinic in Malappuram, and thereafter, there has been no contact from her end.Įven the family of the Kozhikode native is not reachable over phone as their numbers are switched off, she had claimed in her post. At her home, her family allegedly blackmailed and emotionally tortured both women and then one day, the mother, sister and some others known to the Kozhikode native came with a petition claiming she had been abducted and was being held against her will, alleged the Ernakulam resident. Thereafter, their parents met them at the home and on the assurances of protection given by the family of the Ernakulam residents, both women went with them. Subsequently, the Ernakulam resident went to Kozhikode to meet her friend and they both then took shelter in a home run by Vanaja Collective, which claims to work for the welfare of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) community. When their respective parents found out about their relationship, they lied that they would discontinue it, she said and added that after they returned to India and joined college, they continued with their relationship.They also researched about same sex or LGBTIQ community and collected contact details of various groups, organisations and people supporting them, the social media posts said. By class XII, they realised they were both lesbians and that they were in love, said her posts. She had also claimed that her friend was missing for several days and the latter’s family members too are nowhere to be found According to her video posts, the two women met each other in Saudi Arabia when they were studying in class XI in a school there. In her posts, the woman had claimed that she had first approached the Thamarassery police station with a complaint, but they allegedly took no action. The woman had on Monday filed a complaint with Aluva police, claiming that her partner had been taken away by force by the latter’s parents, police had said. It had also claimed that it was ready to take whatever steps necessary to protect the rights of the Ernakulam resident who is presently staying away from her parents in a short-stay home. However, the police had claimed that it had intervened in the matter right from the start and that the other woman - a Kozhikode native – had given in writing that she was leaving with her parents willingly. She had alleged, in her video posts on social media, that not only has her friend’s family taken her away by force, but the police also have not done anything to bring her back.
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