In Firozpur, Punjab, a 17-year-old girl named Preet was tied up by her hands with a scarf and thrown off a bridge into a canal by her intoxicated father, who recorded the act on video. Believing she had drowned, police arrested the father for attempted murder, and he remained in jail for 68 days. However, the victim managed to free one hand in the strong current, grabbed an iron rod, reached the bank, and survived. After hiding for 68 days at a relative's house, she resurfaced alive in court and before the police, claiming her father acted under the influence of alcohol and maternal instigation, driven by parental suspicion regarding her character.
Country: India
State/Province: Punjab, India
City/Region: Firozpur
Incident Type: Attempted Murder
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
17 साल की Beti का Affair सुन बाप ने पुल से नीचे फेंकी बेटी,Murder करना था 68 दिन बाद अचानक जिंदा हुई
Domestic Violence
The incident reflects severe domestic violence and extreme coercive aggression within a family system driven by moral suspicion over a 17-year-old daughter's character. Escalated by chronic alcohol abuse, the father committed an extreme act of violence that was recorded on camera. The post-incident dynamic highlights economic reliance, where the surviving victim re-emerged to exonerate her incarcerated father by shifting culpability onto her mother to secure the household's sole breadwinner.
The father was arrested and spent 68 days in jail under attempted murder charges after a video surfaced showing him throwing his tied-up daughter into a canal. The case experienced a dramatic shift when the daughter reappeared alive after 68 days, testifying in court that her father acted without premeditated malice while intoxicated and was instigated by her mother. The Firozpur SSP and legal experts are reviewing the statement to determine appropriate charges against the mother and potential legal relief for the father.
Investigators originally assumed the victim had drowned based on the recorded video and her initial disappearance. Unbeknownst to police, the girl survived the canal current and hid at a relative's house for 68 days. Confusion further arose when the victim resurfaced and accused her mother of being the primary instigator while attempting to exonerate her father.
Following ongoing domestic tension and suspicion regarding the daughter's character, the intoxicated father tied her hands with a scarf and threw her off a canal bridge at night while filming the incident. The victim survived by untying one hand underwater, clinging to an iron rod, and floating ashore. She obtained assistance from a passerby, called a contact, and remained hidden for 68 days. Driven by family financial collapse, she re-emerged in court to provide testimony to free her father.
The combination of severe chronic domestic abuse, alcohol intoxication, suspicion over character, and recording of violent acts demonstrates extreme physical risk. Furthermore, economic dependency creates significant vulnerability, leading family members to suppress victimhood to protect household survival.
Severe domestic abuse coupled with alcohol misuse can escalate into deadly physical violence. Video evidence combined with missing body assumptions requires thorough verification, as survival can occur unmonitored, leading to complex post-incident legal recalibrations based on victim testimony.
Chronic domestic violence, severe physical discipline of daughters, routine nocturnal alcohol intoxication, and persistent parental suspicion regarding the daughter's character.
A mobile video recording of the night-time incident on the bridge showing hands tied, along with the victim's unexpected appearance at court after 68 days.
The father's recorded video of throwing the daughter into the canal, physical inspection of the canal bridge location, and official testimony provided by the surviving victim in court.
Neighbors confirmed that the father regularly came home drunk and beat his daughters. The surviving daughter stated that her mother instigated her intoxicated father to take action against her.
Initial reporting and police action treated the matter as a completed or attempted homicide with the father jailed. Follow-up reports confirmed the daughter survived, re-emerged after 68 days, and shifted primary blame to her mother.
The exact identity of the relative who harbored the victim for 68 days, the final legal decisions by the Firozpur SSP regarding charges against the mother, and the formal court outcome.