just my view...if the same would have happened with me
i would say if i have eloped like this then my father would also have slapped me like this...not bcoz he is violent or angry man but bcoz he loves me n i m his responsibility
n same here goes for shlok ...i know he don't loves astha but she is his responsibility n if something would have happened to her...her parents would have blamed Shlok...isn't???