Udupi, June 9: The Udupi district police arrested a person, who cheated and married eight women in different places in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Kasaragod districts in Madikeri on Saturday.
Sukumar alias Rajesh Anchan (32) was arrested by police in Madikeri with assistance from activists of Jayakarantaka Sanghatane. Sukumar was remanded to judicial custody for 15 days after he was produced before the court here.
Sukumar had married eight women over a period of last eight to nine years. The women whom he married are Deralakatte Meenakshi, Kasaragod Shambhavi, Uppinangady Andedadka Jayanti, Belapu Prema, Dharmasthala Kanyady Rajani, Malpe Bengre Revati, Madikeri Sunanda, and Mani Anantady Shubha.
Of the eight women he cheated and married, five have borne children. Deralakatte Meenakshi has a seven-year-old son. Kasaragod Shambhavi has a five-year-old daughter. Belapu Prema has a six-year-old son. Madikeri Sunanda has a two-year-old son. Uppinangady Andedadka Jayanti has a nine-month-old son. Mani Anantady Shubha is pregnant.
Sukumar belonged to Simantoor near Kinigoli in Dakshina Kannada district, police said. He worked as cleaner in many hotels in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod districts, before becoming a cook. He was working as a cook at Somwarpete in Kodagu district, when he was traced.
The matter came to light when Ms. Shubha (23), resident of Anantady at Mani village near Vittal in Dakshina Kannada district, lodged a missing complaint at Vittal police station on May 16 stating that her husband had gone missing. The matter was published in a Kannada daily with the photograph of Sukumar. Ms. Malpe Bengre Revati, who read the newspaper on May 17, immediately informed the activists of the Jayakarnataka Sanghatane.
Speaking to presspersons here, President of district unit of Jayakarnataka Sanghatane J. Diwakar Shetty said that Sanghatane took about a couple of weeks to track the whereabouts of Sukumar. The organization then informed the police and helped it nabbing Sukumar in Madikeri.
Sukumar had managed to get dowry from most of the eight women. The Government should give financial assistance to the eight women cheated by Sukumar. Sukumar was a drunkard and a gambler. The Sanghatane had visited seven women, whom Sukumar had married, except Kasaragod Shambhavi, he said.
Ms. Malpe Bengre Revati said that Sukumar was a smooth talker and could impress anyone. That was how he had managed to trick people, she said.
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