Khagaria (Bihar): A bride from Bihar's Khagaria stopped the wedding besides prompting the locals to take the wedding party of the groom hostage blaming her fiancé's family of cheating as they had concealed the purported speech difficulty and mental health issue of the groom.
The incident was reported on Wednesday night and the party which was held hostage through the night was released next day morning by the local police who brokered peace with the irate villagers of Rahimpur village. The groom's party returned to their village in Bhagalpur district as the efforts taken by the police to patch up the wedding did not fructify as the bride stood her ground.
On Wednesday evening, the groom's party took out a procession and arrived at the bride's place in Rahimpur. The bride was waiting for the garlanding ceremony at the wedding stage. While approaching the stage, the groom was talking to his brother and had reportedly stammered, police said quoting the villagers.
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After the garlanding ceremony was complete, both the families carried out a few other wedding rituals. The bride broke her silence and confided with her family members about her reading for her fiancé. She claimed that she felt betrayed as groom's family never disclosed that he had difficulty in speaking.
"To me, he appears to be a 'retard'. They (the groom's family) have been lying through the teeth to get him married. He stammers and they never spoke a word about it," she said, fighting tears. Empathised, her village stood by her. A section of the paid DJ troupe which was accompanying the groom sensed trouble. They fled amid escalation.
The rest was rounded up by the Rahimpur villagers. The family of groom and others who did not leave were locked in the wedding venue itself until the police came and brokered peace in the morning. The villagers who held discussion with the bride's family on the terms of stopping the marriage verbally abused the groom's family before they left.
