Angry over the marriage of the woman he loved, a man bit off her tongue near Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district minutes before her wedding with another man on Monday.
The incident took place when the family members were purchasing some wedding items leaving the 30-year-old bride in a multi-utility vehicle. The police said 35-year-old Sukanta Swain got into the vehicle and forcibly kissed the bride. He also bit off her tongue and tried to take her away.
However, the passersby came to the woman’s rescue and overpowered the man. The police then reached the site and arrested him.
The wedding of the woman was performed later in the night after doctors in a brief surgery reattached the piece of her tongue and provided her necessary treatment at a hospital. The bride and her attacker belong to nearby Jilibha village. The man is already married and has two children.