A groom in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli abruptly known as off his marriage ceremony over an alleged delay in serving meals, leaving the bride and her household stranded on the venue, solely to tie the knot along with his cousin later that day.
The bride and her household then approached the police, demanding justice, and in addition claimed that that they had given Rs 1.5 lakh to the groom’s household hours earlier than the ceremony was to happen.
Speaking to the media, the bride mentioned her marriage was organized with Mehtab seven months in the past. On December 22, as the marriage procession arrived at her home in Hamidpur village, Mehtab and his relations have been prolonged a heat welcome by her household.
“I used to be prepared since morning. The groom and his household arrived, ate after which abused and assaulted my mother and father earlier than leaving the spot. I later approached the police for justice,” she mentioned.
The bride mentioned that as the marriage company sat right down to eat, there was a slight delay in serving meals to Mehtab. He obtained indignant after his mates teased and poked enjoyable at him and he and his household then allegedly abused the bride’s household and relations, resulting in an argument.
The village elders tried to intervene to resolve the problem however Mehtab refused to tie the knot and returned to his home.
As the bride’s household grappled with the shock, Mehtab married considered one of his cousins later the identical day.
Police Complaint
On studying about Mehtab’s marriage ceremony, the bride and her mother and father visited the police put up in Industrial Nagar on December 23 to file a criticism. Alleging inaction, they later escalated the problem to the Superintendent of Police Aditya Laghe.
In the criticism, the girl’s mom mentioned the household had suffered a lack of Rs 7 lakh as a result of that they had paid for all of the preparations and catered to round 200 company from the groom’s aspect.
An quantity of Rs 1.5 lakh was additionally handed over to the person’s household hours earlier than the marriage, she mentioned within the criticism.
Sources mentioned Mr Laghe summoned each events, who agreed to resolve the matter amicably.
“A written settlement was signed by each events that an quantity of Rs 1.61 lakh can be given to the girl’s household,” Circle Officer Rajesh Rai mentioned.
(With inputs from Santosh Jaiswal)