Man's mother kidnapped, assaulted by 11 of wife's relatives
Surat: A middle-aged woman was kidnapped and beaten unconscious in the Pal area of the city by seven men and four women — relatives of the woman her son married and eloped with.
The victim's younger sister, Asha Makwana (44), filed an FIR at Pal police station against the eleven accused persons for kidnapping, assault and criminal intimidation.
Makwana said her elder sister, Sumita, lives with her two sons and daughter. Sumita's son, Aniket (23), married Naina Od in court on June 1, 2024. After staying at their own houses for a few months, the two eloped and began living together.
They presented themselves at Rander police station on May 28, declaring that they were married and would live together. After that, Naina began staying at Aniket's house.
On June 10, Sumita's son Vansh called Makwana saying his mother had been kidnapped in a car from near Care and Cure Hospital on Gaurav Path.
Another relative, who lives in Ambikanagar Society, called to say that Sumita was being assaulted by members of Naina's family.
Makwana rushed to the spot with some relatives and found the accused assaulting Sumita. They included Naina's relatives Rajesh, Jagdish, Dipak, Jatin, Nikhil, Sahil, Shubham, Urmila, Usha, Rekha and Vasanti. Makwana said Jatin and Nikhil were hitting Sumita with sticks while Rajesh was using a plastic pipe.
She added that the women were hitting Sumita in her private parts. Vasanti was screaming that Sumita would be burned with kerosene.
After Makwana called 181 and 108, paramedics arrived and took an unconscious Sumita to hospital.
Pal police inspector K L Gaadhe told TOI: "We have arrested the seven men; they are between 18 and 48 years old. We have booked them for kidnapping, criminal intimidation and other offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 140 (4), 189 (2), 190, 351 (3) and 54 and Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act. We are investigating what prompted them to kidnap the victim. We will also call Aniket and Naina for their statements.
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