The Kendrapada Town police solemnised marriage of two lovebirds at the police station.
According to SI Gunamani Nayak, a 22-year-old youth Ajit Prusty of Bantala village under Bari police limit of Jajpur disitrct had fallen in love with Kabita Sahu (19) of Batapur after they developed intimacy from a missed call. They had decided to marry each other for which Ajit had taken the girl from Kendrapada on December 19.
The family members of the girl lodged an FIR alleging that their daughter had been kidnapped. Police later conducted an inquiry by registering a case and came to know on Saturday that Ajit and Kabita were found moving in Mangalabag area. As a result, police conducted raid and managed to rescue the girl and detained the youth.
After reaching at Kendrapada Town police station, both the girl and the youth informed to the police that as they were major and so they had married at a court in Cuttack. They produced a registered marriage certificate.
later, police recorded the statement of the kidnapped girl. The girl requested police to take steps for solemnizing her marriage with Ajit.
With the presence of the family members, both garlanded each other.
IIC Sanjeev Kumar Mohanty stated that the marriage was solemnized as a part of the Ama Police scheme.