Andhra Pradesh - Karimnagar   

`Calling' it quits soon after taking the vows

K.M. Dayashankar

Continuous talking on cellphone could spell doom in one's life.

KARIMNAGAR: Mobile phones may be connecting people the world over, but they are seen to be "breaking family ties" in various parts of the district.

A newly-married woman Swapna in Mannegudem village of Medipalli mandal was divorced by her husband who alleged that she was frequently found engaged in conversation with her boyfriend on cellphone. Her husband caught her red-handed with the help of a voice recorder in her mobile phone.

In another case, 20-year-old Jakku Radhika of Kamalapur mandal headquarters committed suicide three months after marriage as her husband started `harassing' her after he recorded her conversation on cellphone with her former teacher.

Swapna was divorced just two months after marriage when her husband overheard the voice of her boyfriend on the mobile phone. As Swapna's boyfriend fled the place after she was divorced, she has launched a silent protest in front of his house in Ratnagiri village of Bheemadevarapalli mandal demanding marriage with him.

Many more cases were being reported in the district, police sources said. Ten to 15 divorce cases owing to the mobile-phone conversations involving newly-married women have cropped up during the year.

Unusual turn

The cellphone syndrome had taken an unusual turn recently when a local youth received a missed call in Jagtial. When he immediately called back, a woman's voice came on the line. Their friendship continued for several months thereafter. When the woman eventually arrived travelling all the way from Vizianagaram district to meet her friend, the `lovers' were surprised to discover that the woman was 36 and the youth only 19.

Although both claimed to be "deeply in love", the Jagtial police who were approached by the youth's parents managed to send the woman, reportedly married with children, back home after some counselling.

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