This story is from January 8, 2021

Man abducted, forcibly married off to a girl in Jamui

A 21-year-old Army recruit was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint while he was out for a jog in Lakhisarai on Thursday morning and forcibly married off to a girl in the neighbouring Jamui district.
Man abducted, forcibly married off to a girl in Jamui
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PATNA: A 21-year-old Army recruit was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint while he was out for a jog in Lakhisarai on Thursday morning and forcibly married off to a girl in the neighbouring Jamui district.
The youth Shivam Kumar was rescued by the police within four hours from the house of the girl’s relative identified as Karo Singh of Majhaus village under Sikandra police station area in Jamui.
Shivam is set to join the Army at Danapur in 10 days, police said.
The Barahiya SHO, Dhirendra Kumar Pandey, who led the rescue team, said around five armed persons in a car waylaid Shivam while he was jogging with two of his friends around 6 am.
“The kidnappers were the girl’s relatives. They took Shivam to the 1200-year-old Simariya Mahadev Temple at Manjhaus and got them married,” Pandey said, adding, he was forcibly married at the temple with the girl at gunpoint.
SHO Pandey said the girl’s father Mangal Singh is a transporter while Shivam’s father Manoj Kumar is a middle-class farmer.
“Both families belong to the same caste. A kidnapping case has been registered based on Manoj’s written complaint,” he said, adding the youth would be produced before the judicial magistrate on Friday for the recording of his statement.
Lakhisarai SP Sushil Kumar told TOI over the phone that it is a case of kidnapping for marriage.
“After the preliminary investigation, it surfaced that the girl used to visit a relative’s house near Shivam’s residence and they knew each other. The family members of the girl are evading arrest,” SP said.
He said the investigation is on to ascertain if Shivam and the girl were in a relationship or whether there had been any marriage proposal from the girl’s side.
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