Ashpal Kaur Bhogal, in her police complaint said: "We've been in a four-year relationship which was known to all in India and abroad. I met him during the London Olympics and he finally proposed to me during the 2014 World Cup in Hague.

He then invited me to his native village where Sardar and his family formally initiated the engagement. After this me and Sardar were expecting our first child in mid-2015. I spoke to him regarding this and he said, 'sorry I don't want to have the child and you must abort it immediately or I won't speak to you and there will be no contact'.