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- A woman in Tumakuru has filed an FIR with the city's women's police station against her ex-fiancé Arjun and six members of his family, including his father D.S.
- Kumar, accusing them of cheating and sexual assault after the family withdrew from their planned wedding.
- The complaint states Arjun and the woman had known each other for 16 years and had been in a relationship for seven years, with an engagement ceremony in December and a wedding date fixed for March 1, 2026.
- According to the complaint, the family backed out of the wedding two months before the date and stopped responding to her attempts at contact, while D.S.
- Kumar allegedly threatened her.
- The report notes a counter-complaint: the Kumar family had earlier filed an NCR against the woman at the Tumakuru NEPS police station, accusing her of speaking ill of their family after the engagement and wedding were called off.
- The case matters because the courtship, engagement and breakup involved a politically prominent family, and the competing complaints will now be tested through a police investigation.
What to watch next
- Recording of the woman's Section 164 statement before a judge, which police are expected to arrange soon
- Further investigative steps police take after the statement, including findings from site inspections (mahajar)
- How police proceed on the family's earlier NCR complaint against the woman
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Named India · Tumakuru · Arjun · DS Kumar · Padmarekha · Sudhakar · Tumakuru Women's Police Station
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