Click to play videoKolkata: In a slight similarity with the Rizwanur-Priyanka case, another one appears to be in the making, yet again in West Bengal, where a couple in Howrah allege they are being hounded by police on trumped-up charges filed by the girl's parents.
In March this year, 20-year-old Sweety Tater married Rakesh Shaw against her parents' wishes. Forced to elope, Sweety is now under arrest after her father, an influential Thane businessman filed a case against her. Her crime: stealing cash and ornaments.
Sub-Inspector Sofi Sheikh at the Mira Road police station, Maharashtra, said, "The girl's father has alleged that she has stolen a few bangles and Rs 8000 in cash."
Sweet and Rakesh fell in love with each other when she was visiting relatives in Howrah.
Rakesh, who earns a modest lliving working at a diagnostic centre, alleges that Sweety's family dragged her away when they came to know about the marriage.
He says that he has been receiving serious threats from his wealthy in-laws ever since.
"Her parents forcibly took her to Mumbai, tortured her and tried to marry her off," says Rakesh. "They threatened us over the phone and also abused us in person."
Such was Sweety's distress when she was arrested on a case filed by her father that she fainted when a Maharashtra police team took her into custody, in Howrah.
Although she has been granted interim bail, Sweety has been asked to appear before a Maharashtra court by the November 17.
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