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GREATER NOIDA: A 32-year-old man from Kasna was booked along with 10 of his relatives for allegedly walking out of his wedding on Wednesday night after parents of the bride failed to meet their dowry demand of Rs 1 crore cash that was apparently made two days before the event.

The bride, who works with a bank in Delhi, filed a police complaint against the groom, Akshat Gupta, a businessman, his father Vijay Kumar, mother Rajni Gupta, his six sisters and unnamed bouncers who were part of the baraat. Akshat and his family live in Jaypee Greens society in Kasna.

The marriage was arranged by both families in April. "They had started making demands since that day," the woman wrote in her complaint. She said the accused family started with demanding a wedding in a 5-star resort, gold coins for all six son-in-laws and other relatives of the family, gold chains for the groom and his father and cash for all who come with the baraat. "My parents agreed to the demands initially and promised they would do whatever they could with their savings," the woman said.

According to the complaint, two days before the wedding, the groom's mother demanded Rs 1 crore cash and threatened to break the marriage if the demands were not met.

On the day of the wedding, the baraat arrived and the woman's father was called to the side. "They humiliated my father for not meeting the demands. Soon after, Akshat walked out of the venue. When my relatives tried to stop him, he threatened them with dire consequences," the woman wrote.

An FIR has been registered against the family under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) 506 (criminal Intimidation) along with section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

