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India News | 3 Arrested for Assaulting Man, Misbehaving with His Sister in Rajasthan's Tonk

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A man was allegedly held captive, assaulted and garlanded with shoes in Rajasthan's Tonk district for being in a live-in relationship with a 21-year-old woman, police said on Wednesday.

India News | 3 Arrested for Assaulting Man, Misbehaving with His Sister in Rajasthan's Tonk

Jaipur, Nov 9 (PTI) A man was allegedly held captive, assaulted and garlanded with shoes in Rajasthan's Tonk district for being in a live-in relationship with a 21-year-old woman, police said on Wednesday.

Seven members of the woman's family were booked in connection with this on Wednesday and three of them arrested, they said. A purported video clip of the assault has surfaced online.

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The woman's family members have also been accused of misbehaving with the man's sister, the police said.

Local SHO Bhagirath Singh said that on the basis of a complaint filed by the victim, a resident of Mundiya Kala village, his partner's father Navratan Lal, mother, brother Shankar, sister Savitri, another sister Santra, brother-in-law Paras and his brother Hemraj were booked under IPC sections 143, 342, 354 and 500.

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The incident took place on October 7, he said, adding Shankar, Paras and Hemraj have been arrested.

The SHO said medical examinations of the victim and his sister were done.

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