According to sources the Madras High Court had recently ordered the state government to prohibit the download of TikTok and then lifted the ban shortly. Even though the state government had many reasons to ban it, the app for short-form mobile videos has come to the aid of at least one woman in Tamilnadu whose husband had abandoned her three years ago and she was able to find him on TikTok.
Furthermore the incident happened in Villupuram, Tamilnadu. Jayapradha and suresh were married and had two children. In 2017, suresh, a native of Krishnagiri, left home for work and did not return. Reportedly Jayapradha inquired with suresh’s friends and relatives and when she did not get any leads, she went on to file a police complaint. Although an FIR was registered, listing suresh as a ‘missing person’, there was no development in the case as per reports.
Moreover one of Jayapradha’s relatives stumbled upon a video on TikTok, in which she recognized a man looking very similar to suresh, along with a trans woman, his friend. Moreover she rushed to the Villupuram police station and alerted the officials, who then traced suresh to Hosur with the help of a trans persons association in Villupuram. He had been living with his mother in Hosur after disappearing from Villupuram, police told TNM. Apparently the police counseled the couple and have sent them home. He said "We asked him whether he wanted to go back to his wife and kids. He agreed. Therefore, we sent the couple back”.
