Five arrested in Udaipur bride kidnapping case
UDAIPUR: Five persons were arrested after a bride in Udaipur was allegedly abducted on her way to her groom’s house. Bride Vinita Suthar, who was rescued by the police on Wednesday, expressed her desire to go with her husband while the accused and his four aides are in police custody.
Udaipur police had rescued the bride from a private bus in Sindhi Camp in Jaipur in the wee hours of Wednesday.
They were brought to Udaipur later in the day. Vineeta in her statement to the police said that she was abducted against her wishes by Priyank and his friends.
In explanation to a letter that had gone viral on social media, the bride said it was written about two months ago when she had planned to elope with Priyank. However after persuasion and counselling by family members, she had changed her mind, and agreed to get married to Kshitij on Monday.
On the bride's statement police arrested 27-year old Priyank Jeengar, his friends Puneet Nagda (24), Harish Patel (21) all residents of Savina, Udaipur, Vijay Singh (20) and UdaiSingh both residents of Chittorgarh district. The five accused have been arrested on charges of physical assault, abduction, robbery and conspiracy under sections 307,365,395 and 120(b) of the IPC. The bride said she was taken to Chittorgarh in the car and from there the youths took another car for Bhilwara. From there Vinita and Priyank got into a private travel bus for Jaipur. However, Police tracked their location and instructed the bus driver not to stop the bus anywhere and take it straight to Jaipur where the couple were held around 3am.
In explanation to a letter that had gone viral on social media, the bride said it was written about two months ago when she had planned to elope with Priyank. However after persuasion and counselling by family members, she had changed her mind, and agreed to get married to Kshitij on Monday.
On the bride's statement police arrested 27-year old Priyank Jeengar, his friends Puneet Nagda (24), Harish Patel (21) all residents of Savina, Udaipur, Vijay Singh (20) and UdaiSingh both residents of Chittorgarh district. The five accused have been arrested on charges of physical assault, abduction, robbery and conspiracy under sections 307,365,395 and 120(b) of the IPC. The bride said she was taken to Chittorgarh in the car and from there the youths took another car for Bhilwara. From there Vinita and Priyank got into a private travel bus for Jaipur. However, Police tracked their location and instructed the bus driver not to stop the bus anywhere and take it straight to Jaipur where the couple were held around 3am.
Udaipur SP Kailash Chandra Vishnoi, said, “Prima Facie Vineeta’s statement that she was abducted goes against Priyank and his friends. Vineeta's husband Kshitij has mentioned in the complaint that the bride was wearing 35 tola gold at the time she was forcibly taken away. Vineeta also stated that the letter wherein she had written of going away with Priyank was two months old and after that she changed her mind.”
Police are yet to get hold of the hard copy of the letter which was made viral on social media by one of Priyank's friends.
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