The case of an 18-year-old girl kidnapped from Ahmednagar and rescued days later from a brothel in Dhule in January has taken a twist with her fiance, who played a role in her rescue and later in February married her, being arrested by Ahmednagar police alleging he had a hand in the crime and had sold her.

The girl from Uttar Pradesh who married Krishnamurari Gupta, 28, and has been staying with him at Chakan in Pune, however, says he is being framed by Ahmednagar police to save two cops who were suspended for allegedly beating them with a belt when they had gone to register the kidnapping case.

The girl says, "Why would he approach police after selling me, and then marry me? I will fight the police in court to prove my husband is innocent. Ahmednagar police have falsely arrested him. Also, he married me in presence of my family on February 13 in Pune."

As per the kidnapping case registered earlier, on January 3, the girl and Krishnamurari were heading for Shirdi temple in a four-wheeler when they halted at Ahmednagar, where he went to the washroom of a mall. She was waiting for him when four persons including a woman allegedly kidnapped her. The next day, she found herself in a brothel in Dhule, where she was allegedly beaten by brothelkeepers for refusing to do their bidding. She had asked brothel customers to call Krishnamurari. He contacted the social security cell of Pune police. Pune police contacted Dhule police and got her rescued on January 5. An offence was registered at Koregaon Park police station in Pune on January 8. As the case was to be transferred to Ahmednagar, the girl, Krishnamurari and a constable from Koregaon Park police station went to Tofkhana police station with case papers on January 9. Ahmednagar police did not register the case but claimed it was false. Ahmednagar additional superintendent Sanjay Barkund allegedly beat the girl and Krishnamurari with a belt and abused the Pune police constable.

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