Man confined to home of female acquaintance, told to marry her; finally freed, he's forced to part with Rs 48,000

Giving health tips over the phone proved costly for a marketing executive of a drug company, though he may console himself with the fact that he escaped being forced to marry a woman he did not want.

Alam Pasha meets Umme Banu and her mother at a diabetes camp

Confined to the woman's home by her parents and ordered to give a legal name to their alleged relationship, the victim, Aslam Pasha (28), who works as a marketing executive for Gilinmark Drug Company, escaped by the skin of his teeth, but was later forced to cough up Rs 48,000 by the family if he wanted to be let alone.

It was when the woman's family began harassing him for even more money that the victim approached the police, seeking protection.

But the KG Halli police shooed him away, with the advice that he should settle the matter with the woman'su00a0 family amicably.

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