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29-year-old engineer forced to marry a woman at gunpoint in Bihar
Published : Jan 6, 2018, 12:47 pm IST
Updated : Jan 6, 2018, 12:47 pm IST
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A 29-year-old engineer was reportedly kidnapped and forced to marry a woman at gunpoint in Bihar. A junior manager at Bokaro Steel Plant, dressed as a groom, being thrashed and forced to perform wedding rituals in Patna's Pandarak area.

When he refuses to apply vermillion to the bride, her relatives said that we are only performing your wedding, not hanging you.

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Last month, when Vinod did not reach home as planned, his brother Sanjay Kumar got worried and approached the police. He told them about a call from an unknown number informing him about his brother's forced marriage.

Ever since the incident, Vinod's family has been getting threat calls asking him to accept the girl forcing them to seek police protection.

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"We are looking into it and will take action against the culprits. We are also probing the role of the local police," Patna city SP Amarkesh told.

According to the official figures police received nearly 3,000 complaints of groom kidnapping in 2016. None of the marriages were annulled.

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