Sanjay Yadav
Gurugram, June 13 

A 19-year-old woman married her girlfriend after eloping from her house.

Both women hail from the Jhajjar district, were schoolmates and had been together since seven years.

On June 10, a Pataudi-based man filed a complaint at a local police station saying that his daughter was missing and accused one of her schoolmates and her family of abduction.

An FIR was registered at the Pataudi police station under section 346 (wrongfully confinement) of the IPC. Police traced the women to Sohna on Saturday.

“We traced the girl to Sohna. They reached the court and recorded the statement that they loved each other and had got married as per Hindu traditions in a temple. The court allowed them to leave,” said ASI Ajit Singh, the investigating officer of the case.

The women had reportedly studied together till class X and had expressed their desire to marry in front of a family who reportedly refused to accept the union fearing societal pressure.

The duo then decided to go ahead and marry. The Pataudi-based family created a drama outside court trying to reason with their daughter but both women left.

“We are going to an undisclosed address for our safety. We had many times tried to reason with our family but they did not understand so we had to elope,” one of the women told The Tribune.

The family is scared of the wrath of various social and saffron groups. When contacted, the father of one woman did not respond. According to the police, one woman is a student while another was working with a private company.