In Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, a bride’s wedding day turned into an unexpected chase for her groom after he developed cold feet and refused to get married. Unable to accept that she had been spurned, the bride, dressed in her wedding finery, embarked on a chase over 20 kilometers to find the man and marry him.
According to a report, the couple had been in a relationship for two-and-a-half years. However, on the day of the wedding, the bride sat waiting at the mandap for her partner to show up – and kept waiting. The groom told her over a phone call that he had gone to bring his mother to the venue, but she did not believe him.
Realising that he was not going to show up, the bride decided to track him down and travelled 20 km to look for him. She eventually found him in a bus outside Bareilly city. The man was dressed not in his wedding ensemble but in regular clothes.
A dramatic exchange ensued between the bride and groom which lasted over two hours. In the end, the bride and her family, as well as the groom’s family, all reached a temple outside Bareilly where the wedding ceremony was conducted.
The bride was praised for her “courage to save her marriage” by the families and onlookers who chided the man for “running away from the responsibility of marriage” after promising to marry the girl.
