The wife ran away with the beggar, leaving behind her husband and six children

Latest update:Jan 7, 2025, 12:04 PM IST

According to the husband, the beggar often visited them and sometimes even communicated with his wife

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A man has lodged a police complaint after his 36-year-old wife allegedly ran away with a beggar, leaving him and their six children in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district.

Police have lodged a complaint against a 45-year-old man, identified as Raju, under Section 87 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with abduction of a woman, NDTV reported.

Law enforcement officers have opened criminal proceedings and are looking for the suspect.

In his complaint, Raju stated that he lives in Harpalpur area of ​​Hardoi along with his wife Rajeshwari and their children.

He also added that a 45-year-old beggar, Nanhe Pandit, occasionally begged in their area and often interacted with his wife.

Narrating his ordeal, the man claimed that later they also started talking on the phone.

“Around 2 pm on January 3, my wife Rajeshwari told our daughter Khushba that she was going to the market to buy clothes and vegetables. When she didn’t come back, I looked everywhere for her, but couldn’t find her. My wife left home with the money I earned by selling the buffalo. I suspect that Nanhe Pandit took her with him,” Raju said in his complaint.

The police have registered an FIR under Section 87 of the BNS. This is what is written there

Police have registered an FIR under Section 87 of BNS and are looking for Nanhe Pandit.

“Whoever abducts or abducts any woman with intent to compel her, or knowing that she is likely to be compelled, to marry any person against her will, or that she may be compelled or enticed to have unlawful intercourse , or being aware of the possibility that she will be forced or enticed to illicit sexual intercourse, shall be punished by imprisonment of any kind for a term which may extend to ten years, and is also subject to a fine”, – says Article 87 of the BNS.

“Whoever, by criminal intimidation as defined in this Sanhita, or by abuse of power, or by any other method of coercion, induces any woman to leave any place with the intention that she may be, or knowing, that there is a possibility that she will be, forcing or enticing to have illegal intercourse with another person is also punishable by the above,” it is added.