UP bride calls off wedding after groom demands Rs 20 lakh and car ahead of rituals: ‘Don’t want to marry these dowry-greedy people’

A video of the bride sharing her ordeal has now emerged on social media. “I don’t want to marry these dowry-greedy people,” she said in the video. The report added that the bride’s family said they repeatedly tried to reason with him but failed. “We treated him like our son and pleaded with him, but he remained adamant,” the bride’s father, Murli Manohar, said.

Seeing her family’s helplessness, the bride, Jyoti, refused to go ahead with the marriage. “I don’t want to marry these dowry-greedy people. I cannot spend my life with such a boy who doesn’t respect my family,” she said, breaking down in tears. “The one who is humiliating my father and brother in front of all the guests for dowry—how will he respect me in the future? I won’t take wedding vows with such a greedy person.”

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🚨BAREILLY BRIDE: “This man humiliated my father & brother in front of all guests” 😱

“He demanded Rs 20 lacs dowry & a Brezza Car”

“I don’t want to marry these dowry-greedy people”

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The video quickly gained traction, amassing over a million views and prompting a response from Bareilly Police. “The matter is in the cognisance of the local police. Investigation and necessary legal proceedings are being conducted,” the official handle of Bareilly Police wrote.

Several users reacted to the incident, with one commenting, “It takes strength to cancel a wedding. It takes even more strength to protect your parents’ dignity in public. This is feminism in action. Actual female empowerment looks like this, not in slogans but in reality.” Another user wrote, “I fully agree, and i think this dowry system should be over permanently, both the families should sit and decide upon equal expenses, why the family of the girl should be taking most of the expenses.”

Following the argument, an altercation broke out at the venue, and the Cantonment Police were informed. Police reached the spot and took the groom, Rishabh, his father Ram Avatar, and his brother-in-law into custody. “Further legal action will be taken after receiving a formal complaint from the girl’s side,” a Cantonment Police official said.

Murli Manohar told reporters that the marriage was fixed about eight months ago through a matchmaker, Indrapal, a resident of Siklapur. “At the time of fixing the marriage, the groom’s father told us to send our daughter with just one pair of clothes and said they did not want dowry,” he said.

He added that the engagement ceremony was held in May at a city hotel, at which the family spent nearly Rs 3 lakh. “We also gave the groom a gold ring, a chain and Rs 5 lakh in cash. After that, their demands never stopped. We kept fulfilling them, thinking at least our daughter would be happy,” Bhaskar English quotes Manohar.

The bride’s father further claimed that on Thursday, a day before the wedding, they visited the groom’s house with the wedding invitation and handed over several items, including an air conditioner, refrigerator, washing machine, household goods, jewellery, and Rs 1.2 lakh in cash. “The wedding venue itself was very expensive, but we booked it at the groom’s family’s insistence,” he said.