Bantwal: Bride Ditches Groom at Altar, Marries Lover
News and Pics by Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network—Bantwal (RD/CN)
Bantwal, Mar 6: Guests at a wedding at B C Road here on Thursday March 5, were in for a shock. Even as the nuptials were going on, the bride chose to proclaim her love for a man other than the groom who was waiting to exchange garlands with her!
In a bizarre twist, the bride Bhavya disclosed that she was instead in love with the wedding photographer Preetam Bollandur!
Bhavya is the daughter of Nonayya Moolya, a resident of Surikumer and Preetam is a resident of Puttur.
On Thursday Bhavya was to marry Srinivas, a resident of Madantyar, while her brother Nagesh, was to wed Poornima from Kulur in Mangalore at Rangoli Auditorium. Both marriages were to be solemnized at 11.13 am.
The marriage of Nagesh and Poornima went off smoothly but when it was Bhavya’s turn to garland Srinivas, she instead grabbed Preetham and declared that she did not want to marry the former.
Chaos and confusion prevailed as some of Bhavya’s relatives tried to beat up Preetam. Eventually, he was taken to the police-station where he denied having proposed to Bhavya when questioned by circle inspector Nanjude Gowda and zilla panchayat member Tungappa Bangera.
However, Bhavya stuck to her claim and said that the duo had been involved in a relationship for a long time now. She insisted that she would marry only Preetam.
The police had a hard time controlling the crowd that had gathered to watch the events unfold at the police station.
With town sub inspector Madhavkoodlu, municipal member Devdas Shetty, Machendranath, Parameshwar, and others mediating between the families of Bhavya and Preetam, the two were married at Sri Chandikeshwari Temple here in the presence of policemen!