India, April 8 -- For a Jain family from Thane, a wedding within their faith but across sects has allegedly come at the cost of social ties. The family, from the Digambar sect, alleged social boycott by members of their community after their son married a woman from the Shwetambar sect, prompting the father to file a complaint against their community leader and the office-bearers of his trust. The accused, however, have denied the allegations.

Addressing the media on Tuesday, the complainant Sohanlal Jain, along with his advocate Sagar Kadam, said that his son, Divesh, who belongs to the Digambar sect, married a woman from the Shwetambar sect, Saloni, in November 2025. He claimed that before the wedding, community leaders had pressured h...