No Fish, No Wedding: Groom, Relatives Thrash Bride's Family Over Vegetarian Fare
NDTV
The bride's family has filed a police complaint and alleged that Rs 5 lakh was given as dowry.
Paneer, pulao and various curries were part of a big spread at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh and lakhs were allegedly paid in dowry, but two things were missing - fish and meat. This incensed a groom and his relatives so much that they rained kicks and punches on the bride's family and even beat them up with sticks.
The wedding was also called off and the groom left the venue, after which the bride's family filed an assault and dowry complaint with the police.
On Thursday, Abhishek Sharma led a 'baarat' (marriage procession) to Anand Nagar village in Deoria district to marry Sushma, daughter of Dinesh Sharma. Everything was going to plan and even the 'varmala' (exchange of garlands) ceremony was done when the groom was told that there was no non-vegetarian fare.
