'Bihar is not for beginners', in the past few months this quote has been used by netizens on social media after bizarre crimes and incidents taking place in the state. While 'forced marriage' is not a new concept in Bihar and some parts of UP, it is among those rare times when a video has come to the fore. Bihar forced marriage video is doing rounds on social media in which the groom was reportedly kidnapped and forcefully wedded to a girl. The groom was heard screaming and pleading to let him go as he didn't want to marry the girl.
As per reports, the man who was being forced to marry a girl in the video has been identified as a government teacher in Bihar, Mukesh Kumar. He was allegedly kidnapped and coerced into marriage. The man was abducted from his rented house in Bihar's Jamui on the night of Thursday, January 11.
In the viral Bihar forced wedding video, it can seen Mukesh is being forced t marry a girl. In the video it is clearly captured that the man is pleading to be let off but the girl's family members are forcing him to marry her. Mukesh can be heard saying "I don't want to marry her. Kill me if you want, but let me go".
Mukesh was quoted by a portal saying that the bride in the video- Purnima Kumari wanted to marry him and was convincing him to get married to her. However, Mukesh denied showing interest in her, Purnima alleged that she was in a relationship with him however he backed out.
For those who are unaware, such kind of marriage in Bihar is known as "pakadva vivah". 'Pakdwa Vivah' is that kind of marriage in which a boy is forcefully caught and married to a girl. Government teachers or government employees working in remote areas are mostly the victims of such kinds of marriages. In fact, Gautam Kumar, in his late 20s, from Maheya-Malpur village, Vaishali district in Bihar, was allegedly kidnapped from his place of work and forcibly married at gunpoint on November 29. The case was registered in the local Patepur police station, made national headlines. Investigation revealed that the woman’s father, Rajesh Rai, too was married by abduction.