Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)

Beltangady, Jun 22: Sonia Jesma Fonseka (22), a resident of Ballamanja in Machchina village in the taluk, who had disappeared after leaving home in the guise of visiting a tailoring shop on Thursday, June 20, surfaced on Friday, June 21. She said she has since got married.

On Thursday, she had left her home to visit a textile store at Madantyar and then to a tailoring shop. She had not returned home thereafter, neither had she contacted her family members. Her parents had filed a missing report in Punjalkatte police station. There were rumours of Sonia having eloped with the vice president of the local gram panchayat.

On Friday, Sonia presented herself in the police station along with Chandrashekhar Poojary, vice president of Machchina gram panchayat, who owns a fancy shop locally. Both of them said they had married each other at Mangaluru.

In the meantime, a complaint has been filed against six persons including the parents of Sonia in the said police station. They have been accused of visiting the home of local residents, Indira and Sundar Poojary, and using derogatory language against them and their family members relating to the said missing incident.