Bihar: Married woman unites with same-sex partner

BEGUSARAI: The Begusarai town police found itself in a fix after a woman and a man both claimed to be married to the same woman.
Town SHO Amrendra Kumar Jha on Friday said the two women – Puja and Anjali (names changed) were in a relationship for over two years. But Anjali’s family members got her married on June 14 to a man in Ranchi. “While both women belong to Jharkhand the man is a resident of Marwari Mohalla of Begusarai town,” the SHO added.
After getting to know that Anjali has been married off, Puja confronted Anjali’s husband at their house on Thursday and insisted that she and Anjali were already married and had committed to live together.
“Anjali also told her husband that she had accepted Puja as her husband and it was only under pressure from her family that she was married to him. As the situation aggravated the boy’s family members reached the local police station for help,” the SHO said.
He added, “We first brought both girls to the police station and conducted a counselling session. But both women remained adamant on living together as they had an emotional bonding. The girls are totally within their right to live life together. So police allowed both of them to return to their place in Jharkhand on Thursday.”
Police said Puja and Anjali used to work together at a store in Chatra in Jharkhand and it was there that they were attracted to each other. However, Anjali’s family members despite her opposition got her married to a boy.