In Ashok Nagar, Madhya Pradesh, a 22-year-old woman was the target of an attempted kidnapping during her wedding. The primary defendant, known as Kalu alias Salim Khan, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, slandering her online, and attacking her family when she got married to someone else.
Around six o’clock in the evening, Kalu broke into the woman’s home with the help of accomplices Jodha, Sameer, and Shahrukh. They attacked her family after she objected, breaking her brother’s arm and her father’s leg. Her mother suffered severe beatings as well. The woman was pulled from her home by the assailants, who were brandishing swords and iron rods.
As the family and the woman screamed for help, a crowd gathered. Initially, the accused threatened the onlookers but fled the scene as the crowd grew larger, leaving the woman behind. During the chaos, the accused also threatened both the woman’s family and the family of the man she was engaged to.
The police were initially reluctant to register the case. It was only after intervention from workers of a local Hindu outfit late on Wednesday night that the police registered cases based on complaints from both the woman and her father.