Pune, Feb 18 || Tension gripped Baramati in Maharashtra's Pune district after a 21-year-old woman was allegedly abducted in front of her mother and brother by assailants who sprayed chilli powder into their eyes before forcing her into a vehicle, officials said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in the Bhigwan police station limits of Indapur Taluka.
According to police, the shocking nature of the crime triggered anger among local residents, leading to protests, a temporary highway blockade and the burning of tyres.
Meanwhile, the local market remained shut on Wednesday in protest against the incident.
As per the FIR lodged by the victim's family, the incident took place at around 4 pm on February 17.
"On February 17, at around 4 p.m., two Muslim youths stopped a girl, her mother, and her brother while they were returning home from behind the Anand Hotel in the area. At that time, the accused threw red chilli peppers into the eyes of the girl's mother and brother and forcibly placed the girl in a four-wheeler and abducted her," the FIR stated.