The bride's family also alleged that the groom's side also demanded cash and a motorbike which they were not in a position to give. | Photo Credit: Representative Image

Key Highlights Bride's family thrash, locked up groom and baraat for coming late Bride's family also alleged that groom demanded cash and motorbike Later, the girl married another man from the neighbourhood

Bijnor: In a curious incident, the groom and the entire 'baraat' was thrashed and locked up by the bride's family for coming late to the wedding function. The incident took place in Nangaljat village of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh on Friday (November 6).

Even the valuables of the carried by the 'baraat' were snatched during the melee.

According to a report in Times of India, the girl ditched the groom and later married another man from the neighbourhood after the dispute.

Quoting police sources, the report said that the bride and the groom were to get married in a proper wedding ceremony as they already tied the knot in during a mass wedding function around two months back. The groom was from Dhampur town in the district.

After the couple tied the knot at a mass wedding, the girl did not to go her in-laws house as both the bride and the groom insisted for formal wedding rituals.

The family of the bride was already agitated over a disagreement over dowry. And later, the matter took an ugly turn when the 'baraat' arrived too late to conclude the ceremony. The police were called to intervene and got the wedding guests released.

The bride's family also alleged that the groom's side also demanded cash and a motorbike which they were not in a position to give.

Countering the allegation from bride's side, the boy's family alleged that they were locked up in a room, beaten up and all the jewellery they brought for the girl were snatched by the bride's family and their relatives.

"Both the families approached the police and levelled allegations and counter-allegations. both the parties have now reached a compromise. The bride did not want to go with the groom and she tied the know with another man from the neighbourhood," said Haldaur Station House Officer (SHO) Kanta Prasad.