Bride elopes with lover after solemnization of marriage, groom lodges complaint to ward off future harassment
CCTV camera captures of bride’s elopement on lover’s bike
By Mahendra Darjee
Bolangir, Feb. 17: A girl in Odisha’s Bolangir town escaped with her lover soon after completion of marriage ceremony, leaving the groom in a state of utter shock and distress.
As per reports, the bride tied the nuptial knot with one Prem Kumar on Thursday evening. All the rituals including ‘Jaimala’ and ‘pheras’ were conducted as per rituals. However, panic gripped the area soon after it was found that the bride was missing.
After lot of search, the CCTV footage was examined and it was found that the bride escaped right from the doorstep of her house on a motorcycle.
It is suspected that the bride escaped from the spot with her lover. The entire incident of the bride escaping on the bike has been captured in the CCTV footage.
According to groom Prem Kumar of Mukundapur, his marriage was fixed with the girl some six to seven months ago.
“On Thursday, we had come to the marriage venue along with our family members and other ‘baraatis.’ We had just finished our food when we found that the bride had escaped,” said Kumar.
According to Kumar, he always used to talk with his wife-to-be over phone and she appeared quite normal.
“She has escaped with all the gold ornaments that she was wearing. I demand action against her and compensation from the girl’s family for the harassment and trauma caused. I have lodged the complaint so that she doesn’t create any scene afterwards,” Kumar added.
