Bride Calls off Wedding After she sees Groom Chewing ‘Gutka’
A bride in India’s Uttar Pradesh state has reportedly called her wedding off after she saw her groom-to-be chewing gutka; a move which she found off-putting. According to local media reports; the bride’s family had completed all the preparations for the wedding and were eagerly waiting for the groom and his family to arrive. However, when the Barat arrived and the bride saw her groom-to-be chewing gutka; she put herself in a bad mood and refused to marry the man. The woman’s parents tried to calm their daughter down; but she remained firm on her decision and refused to accept the gutka-chewing man as her husband.
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Once the wedding was called off; it left a bitter taste in everyone’s mouths, after which all the gifts that the families had exchanged on the occasion were returned. Consequently, the Barat also went back. Such cases are not isolated in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, another incident took place when the groom got drunk and insisted the bride dance with him. At this, she got upset and called the wedding off. The bride’s family; then held the Barat is captive and demanded that the gifts and cash they had given to the groom’s family be returned.
When Mandhata police received information about the situation, they arrived at the wedding venue. The groom’s family approached the police to persuade the bride to marry, but she refused to change her decision. “It was the girl’s decision to call off the wedding after she saw her groom inebriated and misbehaving with her and her relatives. Both parties later reached a compromise and the groom’s family agreed to return the gifts,” a police official had told TOI. The 22-year-old bride hailed from Tikri village in Pratapgarh and the groom was from Kutiliya Ahina village. The bride and her family initially ignored the groom’s behavior. However, when the groom pressurized the bride to dance, things turned ugly. The bride refused to dance, which angered the groom and he created a ruckus.
