In a cinematic development, a youth in Visakhapatnam barged into the hall and lifted, hugged and kissed his lover, when she sat for engagement with another youth. The shocked groom and his family left the place in anger but the episode ended on a happy note with families of the girl and her longtime lover relaxing their rigid opposition to the wedding.

The boy’s parents, who were initially opposed to the proposal, arrived there and blessed the lovers.

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The strange incident took place in Bakkannapalem village on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Saturday.

The family of the girl was initially opposed to the love and fixed her marriage with another youth. The engagement was supposed to take place on Saturday morning. She is the first of two daughters and a son of a private employee. As the bride and the prospective groom were about to exchange rings, her lover entered the scene and stunned everybody present there by his deeds. He declared to them that he has been in love with her and would want to marry her. The girl too confirmed it to all present there.

The prospective groom and his relatives were in for a rude shock and left the place in anger. The lover, said to be from an affluent family, sat with the girls’ parents and convinced them about his love. The girl also conveyed to them her resolve to marry him.

Community elders intervened and extended a formal invitation to the boy’s parents who arrived there and okayed the alliance.