Uttar Pradesh: Three men abduct man from ‘mandap’, force him to break marriage with bride-to-be

KANPUR: Three men abducted a groom-to-be and threatened to shoot him at the ‘Shaadi-Mandap’ if he did not break alliance with the woman hailing from their village.
Jugal Kushwaha, the groom-to-be,and a resident of Shahpur locality, soon brought the matter to the knowledge of the woman’s family members who approached the police seeking security cover for the D-day.
The incident was reported from Bindki Kotwali police area of Fatehpur district on Thursday, police said.
“Jugal, whose marriage was to be solemnised with the girl from a neighbouring village on May 29, was abducted by three motorcycle-borne men and taken to an orchard on late Thursday night. They threatened to shoot him at the ‘mandap’ if he did break the alliance with the woman. They also forced him to make a call to his would-be in-laws and convey to them that he is no longer interested in marrying their daughter. Later, they released the man at a desolate place and fled”, the police said.
The Bindki Kotwali police have booked the accused under various sections of the IPC and a search is underway to arrest them.
Inspector Kotwali Ashutosh Kumar Singh, who is the investigating officer in the case, said the police would provide security cover to the complainant on the day of his marriage. They were searching for the accused who had fled their homes and were on the run.
“Police would be deployed at the `Shaadi-Mandap’ on May 29, the day the man’s marriage is to be solemnised,” Singh added.