While after a compromise between a bride groom’s family and bride’s family, a marriage which had been cancelled over a brawl was further solemnized here, the police arrested the groom following a complaint of a girl that she had marred the youth before. The police also rescued the newlywed girl.
Tension prevailed at Tangerpalli police station area, as hundreds of local barged in to police station and attempted to attack the youth and his brother in the lock-up.
According to sources, marriage of one Shankar Panda, a resident of Chamagada area under Bondamunda police station of Sundargarh was fixed with daughter of one Asul Panda, a resident of labour Colony, under the Tangerpalli police station.
As per the programme, the marriage was to be solemnized at Jaganath temple of Fertilizer township on March 4. The Barat party arrived at the temple and they were given due reception by the bride's family.
While the family members of the bride were busy in organising the marriage and arranging to serve food to the Barat party, the guests, however, had started misbehaving with the persons belonging to the bride’s family.
The bridegroom, his younger brother and his associates allegedlyassaulted some of the family members of the bride, which included father, mother and aunt of the bride. The wedding ceremony was stopped midway after the marriage venue turned a battlefield.
Some members of the bride's family lodged a complaint in Tangerpalli police station and demanded compensation from the bride groom’s family.
The members of the groom's family, however, begged apology to their act and persuaded the bride's family for a compromise. They were able to persuade the bride and her family members to have a change in their opinion, during late night on Monday, following which the bride and bridegroom had exchanged garland in the premises of police station.
Since, police had already registered a case, families of bride and bride groom had decided to lodge a compromise petition in local court and formally marry in another date. But, since the bridegroom's family had scheduled their marriage reception party on Tuesday, they had requested to send the bride to their house, so that they can host the reception party. Accordingly, the bride's family members had dropped her in groom's house on Tuesday morning.
In a major twist, one Preeti Mahato, a girl from sector 6 area of Rourkela reached at Tangerpalli police station on Tuesday morning and claimed as the wife of Shankar Panda and also submitted a video footage of their marriage, which was held about four months back. She also claimed carrying one month pregnancy,
"After getting the complaint, we arrested Shankar Panda and his younger brother Sudam Panda, besides recovering the newlywed girl from their house, since she also has been duped in the process," said
Tangerpalli police station IIC Manoranjan Pradhan.