Cops: Couple Flew 8K Miles to Beat Son's Wife in Florida

Police in Florida say a couple from Punjab, India, flew what the BBC reports was 8,000 miles to Florida in order to help their son "counsel and discipline" his wife. 

The woman, Silky Gaind, was allegedly held captive—along with her 1-year-old daughter—and beaten by the trio. 

On Saturday she alerted her family in India of her situation by phone, and the Tampa Bay Times reports the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was contacted by her parents. WFLA reports that a deputy's knocks at the couple's Riverview home went ignored, but he heard Gaind screaming for help and pushed his way in.

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