A middle aged woman married a young man; nothing unusual. What goes unusual is the fact that the young man is woman’s son-in-law. This bizarre relationship was formalized in Purnia where the two lovebirds got their matrimony registered in a court on Wednesday.
Asha Devi had got her daughter lalita married to Suraj Mahto some two and half years ago. But now they are living like husband and wife with Asha even asking lalita to come and live with them; though not sure in what capacity – daughter or sautan (husband’s other wife).
While people in Dhamdaha are surprised over this relationship and stormed the court premises to see the couple dressed in red attire and a thick lair of sindoor in her hair partings, Asha’s husband, whose name could not be ascertained, was in a state of shock. When his daughter send an SOS to him after coming to know about the affairs between her mother and husband, the man who works in some factory in Delhi rushed back and tried to reason with his wife but to no avail
Everything was going smooth between newly wed Suraj and lalita, who gave birth to a son, living in Puraini village in Madhepura district. Suddenly Suraj fell ill and this made the entry of his mother-in-law in his life. Asha came to see her indisposed son-in-law and possibly that was the time when they started loving each other. After sometime though she went back to her home in Dhamdaha but love between them continued blossoming. They continued in touch on phone and chatted for hours.
One day, Suraj left his wife lalita and son in his home in Purani village and went to his sasural to live there permanently with his mother-in-law-turned-lover. lalita cried and tried hard to bring him back but met no success. Then she informed her father in Delhi who came but too failed to separate them.
last week on June 1, Suraj and Asha went to some temple in Madhepura and formalized their marriage. Then the couple went to Tarauni village in Dhamdaha and stayed there at the home of one of his relatives. His relatives also tried to reason with them but failed. On Wednesday both went to Dhamdaha civil court and legally married each other.