AP: Legislator's daughter accuses father of house arrest

, April 23: A legislator in Andhra Pradesh is in a spot after his daughter has accused him of detaining her at home for 4 years after she married her lover against the wishes of her family.

E.Ramya, daughter of ruling Congress party legislator Eeli Nani, approached the Legal Services Authority in Guntur and claimed that she was kept under 'house arrest' after her marriage to her classmate Sandip in 2008.

She also alleged that her father got Sandip kidnapped. Ramya broke down before the judge, who ordered police to shift her to the women's protection centre.

However, these claims were dismissed by Nani. Nani said 'he or his relatives would never interfere in the life of his daughter'. He denied the allegation that he kept her under house arrest or got Sandip kidnapped.

He also broke down before the media, saying 'no father should face what he was going through'.

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