At two weddings,grooms held hostage over dowry demand

The grooms were released only after police intervention.

Tikri Khurd village in Modinagar witnessed high drama when the groom’s family demanded dowry after being “offended”,by the bride’s family.

Deepanjali,daughter of Rewati Sharan,was to get married to Vinod Singh,son of Atar Singh,a resident of Siddiqui Nagar,on Sunday night.

During the wedding,Vinod’s friends misbehaved with the bride,disrupting the ceremony.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) M M Baig said: “Vinod’s friends wanted to get themselves photographed with Deepanjali. They kept their hands on her head and she objected to this. So did bride’s family members. But the groom’s family took offence. To settle the matter,the groom’s family demanded Rs 1 lakh more as dowry.”

The incident took place after the marriage rituals were completed. The bride’s family then took the groom’s family hostage. The police received information in the morning.

“We have asked the bride’s family to give us a written complaint if they want us to take action against the groom and his family. Both the families are still discussing the matter,” said a senior police officer.

Meanwhile,in Degmabad village of Modinagar,a bride refused to marry the groom as a dowry demand of Rs1 lakh and a car was made by the groom’s family.

According to Om Prakash Sagar,father of the bride,they received the baraat of their daughter,Poonam,which had come from Partapur,Meerut.

“When the rituals were about to begin,the groom’s family asked for dowry. My daughter decided not to marry to greedy man. We supported her decision,” said the father.

Sagar’s family too kept the family of Navratan Kumar,the groom,hostage till the police came. The two families reached a compromise and returned each others’ goods and parted,the police said.