3 of a family injured in attack while taking eloped girl home

Three members of the family of a girl, who had eloped with a youth, were injured in an alleged attack by a gang of armed men at Digiana area in Jammu, when they were taking her back home to Delhi.
"The girl's father Anil Kumar, her brother Lokesh and uncle Rajveer sustained injuries in the attack last evening," a police official said, adding the couple managed to flee again.
A police team along with the father and brother of the girl, a college student, had come to Poonch to take home their daughter who had eloped with one Gagandeep Singh from Delhi, he said.

"The girl had eloped from Delhi with the youth following which her father registered a complaint against Gagandeep. The Delhi police traced them to Poonch by their mobile phone and a team reached there to catch them," the official said.
When the police team and the girl's family members were on their way back, a group of boys attacked them near Digiana area in Jammu with sharp edged weapons and managed to help the girl and the youth flee, he said.
A case has been registered against the unidentified assailants and investigation is underway, police added.