Coming to the rescue of an accountant, the Bombay High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the state home secretary and Sakinaka police after the man filed a habeas corpus petition alleging that his wife had been abducted by his in-laws. Following the notice, the cops, who earlier did not entertain the petitioner, registered an FIR and began a probe.

Sakinaka resident Pravin Kadam, 31, moved the HC on Wednesday, saying his wife Bhagyashree Kadam, 29, have been forcibly taken from him by her mother and brother. The couple, colleagues at a leading electronic chain store, got married under the Special Marriages Act on March 8. In the petition, filed by his lawyer Rakesh Singh, Pravin said he did not get any help from the police when he approached them first.