Mirzapur: Every groom taking a ‘barat' to his ‘sasural' for marrying a girl of his dreams hopes for a joyful and lasting marriage relationship but in an interesting case, a groom slapped his would-be father-in-law in a fit of rage. And it was not for dowry. Believe it or not, the groom slapped the father of the girl for not having a toilet in his house.
The incident took place in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
According to reports available, a groom here slapped his father-in-law because there was no toilet in the house. Following this, the ‘irked' bride refused to tie knot and the wedding procession returned.
The incident took place on Wednesday in Bhatewar village of Vindhyachal Police Station jurisdiction.
Women who arrived here with the wedding procession on Tuesday night asked for toilet. Later, it was revealed that women here go out in the open to defecate. When the groom was apprised about this, he got irked badly and slapped his father-in-law.
Villagers also took hostage of five persons from the groom side and a special session of panchayat was called to resolve the issue. Villagers demanded that the dowry amount must be surrendered for release of hostages.
The groom side offered to give Rs one lakh and other items for resolving the matter.
