311:. At first she turned him down, but developed a strong friendship over the next six months that blossomed into romance. Relatives who saw her relationship with Shankar told her parents. Once they found out Shankar was a member of the Devendra kula vellalar community, who have clashed with Thevars before, they fought with Kausalya about her relationship with him. After this fight, Kausalya decided to marry Shankar and drop out of college in March 2015. She moved to Shankar's village. A month after their marriage, Chinnasamy tried to forcibly separate the couple. He lied that Kausalya's grandfather was ill, and instead abducted her and took her to Dindigul. This plot was foiled when Shankar filed a Missing Person's complaint. Afterwards, the family tried to bribe Shankar with 10
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