Man hides lover in room for 11 years

Secret life of the couple comes to light after he was intercepted by police at Nenmara in Palakkad

The Palakkad district police on Wednesday lifted the lid on an amazing love story in which a man secretly kept his lover in a tiny room at his family house at Ayiloor, near Nenmara, without letting anyone know about it for 11 years. Rahman, 34, son of Mohammed Khani, had feared a backlash when he ran away with his lover Sajita, 28, daughter of Velayudhan living a few blocks away from his house, on February 2, 2010. He covertly brought her to his house at Ayiloor and hid her in his room without giving any hint to his family. They lived in a small room with scanty amenities for 11 years. He used to lock the room whenever he went out, and never let any of his family members enter it. By removing the grill, he converted his room’s window into a secret exit that they used for Ms. Sajita to get out at night to relieve herself.