Overview
- Ravi died after going to meet a woman in Parchh village whose family opposed their relationship and had arranged her marriage, according to police.
- Eyewitnesses reported the woman’s uncle, Pintoo, attacked Ravi with a knife before relatives tied him and beat him with sticks.
- The woman’s relatives contended Ravi stabbed the uncle and initially claimed he had taken poison, a version doctors doubted based on his injuries.
- Ravi’s father lodged an FIR naming five people as accused, and police detained three suspects, ordered a post-mortem and deployed extra personnel.
- The woman remains in critical condition after a suicide attempt, and the injured uncle is under treatment as investigators examine the conflicting accounts.