Runaway couple Priyanka and Viraj had told the HC that they were being constantly threatened with harm because they are from different castes. Priyanka Shetye(19) who had alleged that her parents and paternal uncle were threatening her with harm for wanting to marry a boy from a different caste.
Cops have finally got an FIR registered in the case. The MIDC Police station registered the FIR against Priyanka's father, mother and uncle. Two teams have been deployed by the police to hunt down the trio, as they have gone missing.
Priyanka and her boyfriend Viraj Awghade(19), a business administration student, are yet to get police security as ordered by the Bombay High Court. Priyanka, a law student, had rushed to the Bombay High Court seeking protection from the police and action against her parents and uncle as the trio had been threatening her into cutting ties with Viraj.
The court had ordered the Maharashtra State Police to file a case against her parents and provide security cover to both Priyanka and Viraj.
As per the courts order an FIR was registered against Santosh Bandu Shetye, Priyanka's father, her mother Yogita and paternal uncle Dattatray Shetye in Talegaon MIDC Police station.
Priyanka's parents had not only threatened her verbally, but her uncle threatened to kill her and had even pointed a gun at her forehead. Priyanka was allegedly kept at her uncle's house for almost a month as punishment for falling in love with a boy from a lower caste.
