Seven arrested including father for bid to abduct newly-wed woman over inter-caste marriage in Coimbatore

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The constabulary person arrested 7 persons from Theni connected complaint of attempting to abduct a recently wed pistillate belonging to a ascendant caste, who had been surviving with her husband, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, adjacent Coimbatore.

The arrested person been identified arsenic the woman’s begetter P. Anandan, 50, parent Latha, 36, member P. Prakash, 31, uncle Eeswaran, 37, aunt Maheshwari, 27, Prakash’s friends S. Vijay, 27, and T. Adhipan, 30, each from Theni.

The constabulary said the victim, aged 22, from Uthamapalayam successful Theni joined a 27-year-old antheral belonging to a Scheduled Caste successful July this year, contempt beardown absorption from her family.

The mates moved to Muthugoundenpudur adjacent Sulur successful Coimbatore territory wherever they started surviving successful a rented house. The pistillate worked arsenic a caregiver astatine a backstage infirmary and her hubby recovered a occupation successful a backstage firm. The constabulary said the woman’s household members had been connected the lookout for her and recovered the code of their rented house. They came to Muthugoundanpudur connected Wednesday evening and knocked astatine the doorway erstwhile the pistillate was alone.

According to the police, the pistillate locked herself wrong the location aft identifying the unexpected visitors. Her household members and her brother’s friends attempted to interruption unfastened the door. They threatened to termination her if she refused to travel them to Theni. Meanwhile, she shouted for assistance and neighbours rushed to the house. The locals stopped them from attempting to trespass into the location and alerted the Sulur police.

A constabulary team, headed by Inspector Selvaragavan, rushed to the spot and apprehended the 7 persons.

A lawsuit was registered against them for offences nether Sections 191(2) (rioting), 296(b) (uttering obscene words), 137(2) (kidnapping) work with 61 (criminal conspiracy), 351(3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and conception 4 (penalty for harassment of women) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act.

They were remanded successful judicial custody connected Thursday. 

Published - September 26, 2025 01:07 americium IST

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