Tijji was a teenager and had just married Dada Dhimar, when Bhaiya Raja allegedly got her abducted. She was forcibly taken to his ancestral place in Garhi Gaharwar in Chhatarpur.
She was raped and kept as bonded labourer. For years she was not allowed to venture out. However, once she managed to escape and reached Delhi, she came in contact with a youth, Bihari, and began to live with her in a small village in Panna.