Karimnagar (Telangana): The alleged kidnapping case of an 18-year-old Telangana woman by 4 men in a car in presence of her father on Tuesday has taken an unexpected turn. It turns out that the girl wasn't abducted but she went on to marry her lover against the wishes of her family. A video of their marriage has gone viral on social media now. The alleged kidnapping took place in Moodepalle village in Chandurthi mandal of the district at around 5.30 AM when the woman, who is a college student, and her father were proceeding to a temple, police said. A CCTV camera in the vicinity caught the moment the alleged abductors forcibly took the woman in their car and sped away.
Big twist in Telangana kidnapping case
The girl, Shalini, in the video, said that she has been in love with the man for 4 years and got married a year ago. However, she said, "we were minors" so "it wasn't valid."
She alleged that her parents had filed a case against him and took her back home. "They're not accepting him as he belongs to a Dalit family. They were arranging another marriage for me. He came to elope with me as I asked him. We request protection as we have a threat from our family," she said as quoted by ANI.
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Who have been telephoning us for reaction on a story in your desperate attempt to malign Governance of Telangana based on a video footage alleging kidnap, here the Girl is saying that she wasn’t kidnapped and married the boy whom she loved . pic.twitter.com/0YiSmIjgbl— krishanKTRS (@krishanKTRS) December 20, 2022
In the video telecast by local TV channels, the girl's father was seen making a vain bid to rescue her.
Later, a complaint was lodged with the police by the victim's father alleging that he was beaten up by the accused before his daughter was kidnapped.
#WATCH | Telangana: An 18-year-old girl was kidnapped in front of her father when they were returning to their house after visiting a temple, in the Sircilla district
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— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2022
Based on the complaint, a case under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) was registered and the police formed special teams to catch the accused and to rescue the woman, a senior police official said. Two of them were caught during the course of the investigation, police said.
Marriage video
However, by afternoon, a video of the woman went viral on social media, in which she stated that she was not kidnapped and that she herself called her lover, aged around 24, to take her away. They went to a temple in Jagital district, around 50 km from their village, and got married.
In the video, the woman, along with her lover, was seen in wedding attire, and she said both were in love for the last four years.
The woman said as the person (her lover) was wearing a mask (while she was being 'forcibly' taken in the car), she was unable to recognise him, but after identifying him she went along with him. She sought protection from the police.
Around 10 months ago, the woman, who was then a minor, had eloped with her lover and both had married at that time. But, as she was a minor then, a POCSO case was registered against the man and both of them were counselled by the police and she was handed over to her parents, the police said.
The woman said her parents had lodged a complaint against her lover then as they did not approve of the marriage as her lover belonged to another caste.
Asked if the kidnapping case would now be closed, the official said, "The woman has informed that she is coming to the DSP office. We will record the woman's statement in front of a Magistrate and will proceed further."
(With PTI inputs)
