Men hired by in-laws attempted to abduct a Bengaluru woman after her inter-caste marriage.
BENGALURU: The men allegedly sent to abduct a 21-year-old Bengaluru woman had given the driver of a Hyundai Venue a chilling instruction — to mow down anyone who tried to stop them. Three men from Pali in Rajasthan — Rakesh, 31, Karan, 28, and Ayan, 18 — had been hired by the woman’s father-in-law, according to police. They allegedly travelled to Bengaluru around 10 days before the incident and stayed at a hotel near Majestic.
Police said the woman had married Ramesh (name changed), who belongs to another caste, in a court marriage in February after their families opposed the relationship. The woman told Magadi Road police that her mother-in-law had threatened her and demanded that she leave her husband and return to Rajasthan with the men who had come to take her. Police said they also kept watch on Ramesh’s movements by parking their vehicle some distance from his house. She realised she had been trapped when they made a video call to Ramesh’s mother, police said. A senior police officer said Ramesh’s parents would also be arrested for their alleged role in planning and executing the abduction.
Police say the group was hired by her in-laws to take her back to Rajasthan after she married outside her caste. The couple, fearing threats to their lives, moved to Bengaluru, where Ramesh had been living and working for more than a decade. The men allegedly knocked on the woman’s door claiming they had been sent by her father. Believing them, she opened the door and accompanied them outside. Police arrested Rakesh, Karan and Ayan based on the woman’s complaint.