India, Feb. 22 -- The Narpoli police in Bhiwandi have registered a case of rape after a 20-year-old newly-married woman claimed that she was raped by her 52-year-old father-in-law and his friend. The police said the accused sexually abused her after threatening to kill her parents and tortured her for 15 days before she managed to escape while the two were taking a nap.

Both the accused are currently absconding, and a police team is searching for them, informed senior inspector Bharat Kamat of Narpoli police station.

According to the police, the woman and her 26-year-old husband lived separately from the father-in-law. On January 30, the accused took the woman out under the pretext of dropping her at her parents' place. However, he took...