Student Assaulted Over Friend's Family Dispute

In Barwani, a 19-year-old BA student was allegedly assaulted by her friend's family members. The student had reportedly helped her friend, Jaya, and her two young children (aged 2.5 years and 8 months) evade Jaya's husband. The initial assault occurred at the student's home in Piplya village around midnight on November 7. A second assault, which was captured on video and shared on social media, took place the following morning near the postmortem room in Barwani.

According to preliminary police investigations, no child theft or abduction was involved; Jaya had left her husband voluntarily. The student's complaint details being called to Indore for assistance, then travelling with Jaya and the children to Barwani. Jaya's family allegedly used CCTV footage to trace the student to her home. The student claims she was threatened with death and assaulted, along with her brother, when he intervened. Jaya later arrived at the police station with her children, expressing her unwillingness to return to her husband.