On camera: With a sword in his hand, a member of parliament storms the wedding of the woman he raped and is arrested for attempted kidnapping

Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested a man for allegedly attempting to abduct a 22-year-old woman during her wedding in Ashok Nagar, Madhya Pradesh. The woman – a victim of sexual violence – was attacked by her rapist while she was getting married to another man.

A video of the incident circulated on social media on Thursday. It shows a group of men, including the main accused – identified as Kalu alias Salim Khan – waving a sword and sticks and dragging a woman out of her house.

The woman was saved by the timely intervention of the neighbors who had gathered there after hearing the screams of the victim and her family. At first, the accused tried to intimidate the onlookers, but fled the scene as the crowd grew larger, leaving the woman behind.

According to media reports, the man had previously raped the woman and reported the crime. He used the video to defame the woman and her family. He also threatened them that he would not let the woman marry anyone else.

The incident occurred on Thursday around 6 pm when Kalu along with his accomplices Jodha, Sameer and Shahrukh went to the woman’s house and tried to prevent her marriage, according to a report by NDTV.

The helpers also attacked her family, breaking her father’s leg and her brother’s arm.

During the chaos, the defendant also threatened to harm the victim’s family and her fiancé.

Following a complaint from the woman and her father, the police have filed two First Information Reports (FIRs) in the case.

The first FIR was registered on the woman’s complaint under sections 376 (rape) and 363 (attempted abduction), while the second FIR was registered on her father’s complaint under sections 323 (intentional causing hurt), 294 (use of obscene language) and 506 (criminal intimidation), according to Hindustan Newspaper.

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