Four held for assaulting man over his marriage to widow

The Anantapur constabulary connected Friday (October 31, 2025) arrested 4 men for abducting and assaulting a antheral named Shankar implicit his matrimony to a widowed woman.

The constabulary said that the onslaught occurred connected October 29 adjacent Ramnagar successful the city. The accused identified arsenic Janardhan Reddy and 3 accomplices dragged Shankar into an SUV and took him to fields adjacent Vadiyampet. The accused allegedly thrashed Shankar with robust rods, cables, a belt, and a stick. Shankar is present receiving attraction astatine Anantapur General Hospital, the constabulary said.

The constabulary registered an attempt-to-murder lawsuit astatine the IV-Town constabulary station, and seized the conveyance and weapons utilized for committing the crime. Circle-Inspector Jagadish confirmed the arrests of the 4 accused successful the battle case.