Venue and bride ready, baraat fails to turn up, new groom takes over

Girl's family claims dowry !! dowry !! demand ...Boy's family says "...All allegations are completely false and baseless. It is a conspiracy and we are being harassed" ..Drama unfolds

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From Indian Express . Com

Thu, 15 Apr 2010

Venue and bride ready, baraat fails to turn up, new groom takes over

Original groom had placed a last-minute demand for an Alto car; wedding not put off as another man offers to marry 23-year-old

Monika’s baraat did not turn up on her wedding day. After waiting till 5 pm with empty chairs and all necessary arrangements in the Sector-30 community centre, the bride’s family complained to the police that the bridegroom and his family did not come, “as their demand of an Alto car was not met”.

But the marriage was not put off. Ram Darbar resident Sumit came on the scene and married Monika in the evening.

This is not a script of an anti-dowry play.

High drama was witnessed in the Sector-30 community centre on Wednesday where a bride’s family waited from 11 am to 5 pm for the baraat but it was nowhere in sight.

Subsequently, the bride’s family and relatives got together to complain against the alleged dowry demand of the bridegroom’s family, which was the “reason for them not turning up”.

Sanjeev Kumar, brother of the 23-year-old bride, said the bridegroom’s family had demanded an Alto car on Tuesday.

“We had to reject the demand, as there was no way we could have fulfilled it. The bridegroom’s family did not object. On Wednesday, we waited with all preparations at a decorated hall from 11 am to 5 pm but the baraat never came,” Kumar said.

After 5 pm, the wedding was called off.

Subsequently, the police were called and a case under Section 406 of the IPC and Section 2 and 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act was registered against bridegroom Rahul, his father Ram Rattan and mother Sureshna.

But the story took another turn when the family ‘arranged’ another groom by evening, who married Monika at the same community centre.

The original bridegroom, on the other hand, denied all allegations.

“All allegations are completely false and baseless. It is a conspiracy and we are being harassed. We have given a counter complaint as the family is doing nothing but settling scores with us,” Rahul said.

The case against the bridegroom and his family, meanwhile, has been transferred to the Woman and Child Support wing of the Chandigarh Police.


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