Avnish Kumar, who had lately cleared the Bihar Public Service Fee examination to develop into a instructor, was on his strategy to work on Friday when two Scorpios intercepted him. A dozen unknown assailants emerged from the automobiles, brandishing weapons at him. Inside hours, Avnish was kidnapped, overwhelmed, and compelled into marrying a girl he was accused of being in a four-year-long relationship with.
This incident provides to the rising variety of ‘Pakadwa Vivah’ instances in Bihar, the place single males are coerced into marriage at gunpoint. Based on police stories, 2024 has seen the best variety of compelled marriages within the final three many years.
Avnish Kumar, the son of Sudhakar Rai and a resident of Rajaura in Begusarai district, was kidnapped by kin of Gunjan, a girl from Lakhisarai district. Avnish and Gunjan have been reportedly in a four-year-long relationship. Nonetheless, regardless of this, Avnish, who had lately secured a authorities instructing job and was posted at a center college in Katihar, allegedly refused to marry her.
Gunjan claimed that their relationship was severe, with frequent lodge stays and time spent collectively at Avnish’s residence in Katihar.
“He had promised to marry me and begin a household,” Gunjan alleged. “He had additionally taken me to his college. We have been in love for 4 years. However once I knowledgeable my household about it, and we approached him for marriage, he refused. This was unacceptable.”
Three days earlier than the incident, Gunjan’s household reportedly discovered the couple collectively in Katihar. They then allegedly kidnapped Avnish and compelled him to marry Gunjan in a temple. A viral video captures the distressing scene, the place Avnish is held by a number of males whereas Gunjan, wearing a marriage saree and sporting vermilion on her brow, stands by. Avnish seems visibly distressed as he’s pressured into performing the wedding rituals beneath duress.
After the compelled ceremony, Gunjan accompanied her household again to Avnish’s house in Rajaura, however a confrontation adopted. Avnish managed to flee, and when Gunjan arrived at his home, his household refused to simply accept her as a part of their family.
Gunjan has since filed a police criticism, looking for justice for the ordeal.
Avnish, nonetheless, denied the allegations of a romantic relationship with Gunjan. “I had no love for that woman,” he claimed. “She harassed me by repeatedly calling and stalking me. On the day of the incident, some males kidnapped me in a Scorpio car whereas I used to be on my strategy to college. They beat me, forcibly utilized vermilion, and tried to carry out rituals. I protested all through.”
Avnish has additionally filed a criticism, accusing the perpetrators of kidnapping and bodily assault.
