The coupled alleged they were forced to drink urine by the girl's family.

INDORE: A newly-married couple was beaten up and forced to drink urine by the bride's family members after they eloped and married against their wishes in Alirajpur district .

The couple was sleeping in the house of the groom’s uncle on June 25, when they were dragged out by the girl's father and her relatives and beaten up in Hardaspur village , Ambua police station in-charge Vikas Kapis told TOI.

The 23-year-old man and the 21-year-old woman had eloped in May and had returned home from Gujarat to attend a function in the groom’s family, when the girl's relatives came to know about their presence, he said adding the man was tied to a pole and the woman’s hair were cut off.

“The couple alleged in their complaint on June 28 that the attackers tore portions of the woman’s clothes and forced the couple to drink urine,” Kapis said.

The couple lodged a complaint with the police accusing the girl’s father, Mal Singh, cousin Dinesh and four others of attacking them. Police have arrested Mal Singh and Dinesh, while attempts were on to nab the others, the sub-inspector said.

The man and the woman belonged to the Bhilala community, where practice of couples eloping is common. As per the tradition, the groom and bride’s family negotiate a sum that the boy’s family has to pay to the bride’s family to strike the deal and get a nod for the marriage, Kapis said.

The attack seems to be a result of the disagreement among them, he added.

The groom’s family claimed that they had paid Rs. 70,000 in cash and two goats to the bride’s family as part of the deal that was not honoured by the attackers.

