Shocking Allegations in Bihar: One Man Claims He’s Stuck in a Forced‑Marry Reality Show
Published : January 5, 2018, 09:51 AM
During a dry, mid‑winter morning in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, a video surfaced that has stirred up a heated debate. It supposedly shows a young engineer—now known as Vinod Kumar—being handcuffed, hooded, and shoved into a wedding ceremony by a bride’s family. Let’s unpack the juicy bits:
What the video looks like
- Vinod’s face: It’s all grimace‑clenched, desperately begging for his freedom.
- The bride’s relatives: A blur of stern faces, a neighbor barely blocking a gun’s potential muzzle.
- The signature line: “We’re only doing your wedding, not hanging you!” — a hasty line meant to calm the frantic engineer.
- Post‑moment: The next clip shows him tear‑filled amid a “consoling” aunt who’s clearly famished.
Behind the headline: The “Pakadua Vivah” reality edition
Some context:
- “Pakadua Vivah” (forced marriage) is a menace that slips quietly behind strong cultural expectations.
- The practice is largely spearheaded by families whose lives are so tight they can’t afford any dowry at all.
- In Bajṛ, the Indian legal system has been stumbling at tough enforcement, leading to a rampant “kidnapping of grooms” problem.
How the police are handling it
- The local squad last Friday reached out to Mr. Kumar, offering a safe route back to his hometown in adjoining Jharkhand, but unfortunately he never filed a formal complaint.
- Case officer, Lalan Mohan Prasad, explained, “We’re confident enough to inform him, but he declined to act immediately.”
- While the practice might have seen a slight decline, it hasn’t vanished. Saibal Gupta, the local social scientist, remarked on the ongoing poverty lapse: “Frequent kidnappings have tunnel‑vision cut in a here, but the roots are still thick.”
Numbers that speak for themselves
Official police records from 2016 revealed:
- ~3,000 complaints about groom kidnapping.
- None of those forced weddings were overturned or annulled.
All signs point to an alarmingly rugged meeting spot: “Pakadua Vivah“ – a region so deeply entrenched that families might consider pulling an organized squad (just to get that “free” marriage done). It isn’t typical run‑of‑the‑mill stuff – it’s an industry that strides on the very thin line between lawlessness and cultural pressure.
Bottom line of the story
If this feels like something right out of a dramatic thriller movie, it is true drama. Vinod’s plight was as awful as it is intriguing—police are stepping in, but a complete end of this violence will probably require bigger changes in both socioeconomic and legal frameworks. On the home front, families making forced marriages are not just “weak” but fighting against a society that rewards such drastic actions with no serious deterrent.
