It's a story out of those dirty magazines your parents told you not to read - 42 year old Asha Devi's new 'husband' Suraj was her son-in-law.

Now, it's just weird - he's divorcing her

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The couple lived as man and wife for 17 days at Mehta's thatched house - and then both of them filed for divorce to the same notary who had married them.



Umesh Sahani, the sarpanch of Puraini Panchayat who had reportedly not objected to the marriage said: "They have realised that they committed a big paap (sin) by destroying the sacred relation between saas and damaad." He however denied approving or even recognising the marriage.

Suraj's father Parmanand Mehta has deserted him, saying he is "ashamed to accept him as my son."

They have also been disowned by their own caste members.

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Suraj Mehta told Firstpost that he had realised his mistake: "I admit I have committed a mistake which is not to be repeated. I have started paying regard to her (Asha Devi) as my mother." He's trying to get his first wife to return to him. Asha Devi also only has regret: "No longer do I treat him as my husband but as a son-in-law. We have already submitted papers in the court for divorce. I want to go to (my) husband at the earliest," she said.

"All of us villagers have been in the know for the past two years that Suraj Mehta and Asha Devi are in a sexual relationship," says Pappu of Maruaahi village.

How their love story started

Asha visited the home of her daughter Lalita and her then husband Suraj who was unwell at the time. Somehow, the time she spent in helping him recover became a "physical relationship", Suraj's father said.

The couple reportedly used to have lengthy phone conversations for hours after she returned to her house. To the shock of her daughter, 19-year-old Lalita, the mother of Suraj's son, the couple got a court marriage and a formal temple wedding in June. The local panchayat reportedly then 'approved' the marriage. "The couple is madly in love and there is no reason to separate them," the panchayat ruled.