A 40-year-old constable posted at Tillu Bhatta thana out post (TOP) under Sonari police station area was forced to marry a 25-years-old woman because of illicit relationship with the woman.
The constable, Pritam Mirdha was made to marry the woman in a local temple after he was caught red handed by a group of local residents at the woman Sumi Purty’s house in a compromising position.
The bizarre thing about this marriage that Sumi deserted her former husband Pagey Pahari and Pritam declared to have left his wife who lives in Dumka. The situation came to light when 100 residents and Pahari himself surrounded his house at Sidhu Kanhu Bustee while the constable Mirdha was inside Pahari’s house. The constable was actually caught by Pahari in a compromising position with the latter’s wife.
According to sources, the local residents brought the constable outside the house and kept him hostage and informed the Sonari police station. Sources said a police party led by officer-in-charge, Sonari police station, Binod Kumar Paswan reached the spot. The residents convened a meeting of Gram Sabha called both the constable and Sumi at the meeting place at Sidhu Kanu Bustee and were asked to clarify if there was any relation between the two. Both accepted that they were having an affair. After hearing their versions, the Gram Sabha gave its verdict that the two will have to be married after deserting their spouses immediately.
Pahari (28) has a one-year-old son, who was kept with Sumi. Mirdha has also two children, a seven-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son. The constable and Sumi were taken to a nearby temple where they were married by a priest in presence of about 250 men and women.