It can't get more bizzare when somebody barges in your wedding and tries to stop it because you once had played guitar in a Church. Yes, it happened. When Ritu Dubey 27, and Vishal Mitra 28, went on to register their marriage in Bhopal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists protested outside because according to them Vishal is a Christian because back in 2013 he had played guitar at an event in a church.

They claimed that Mitra is a Christian, and Dubey too was showing signs of having “mentally converted to Christianity” as she had stopped wearing bindi and refused to pray to Hindu gods. Mitra works as a manager in one of the firms in Bhopal while Dubey is a probationary officer in Punjab National Bank, Indore. The couple had applied for marriage registration under the Special Marriage Act in November-end.

The couple reached at ADM's oofice on December 27, Dubey's mother, Indu, reportedly objected and stopped them, but the ADM went on to register the marriage since both were adults and had given their written consent. Security was beefed up at ADM's office as VHP activists started gathering outside. VHP leader and former Bajrang Dal convener Devendra Rawat said the girl’s mother gave an affidavit stating that Mitra was a Christian and a probe should be conducted to establish the truth.

Quoting the mother, he claimed that Dubey had also “mentally converted to Christianity” after meeting Mitra. But the application filed by the couple identified both as Hindus.

“In a way it’s a victory for us because, despite being a Christian, the boy has agreed to be a Hindu, which is what we wanted,’’ said Rawat. Meanwhile, Mitra said he is a “Bengali Brahmin”. “I am relieved. I did not think my marriage would be solemnised today. We are Bengali Brahmins. I don’t know why they accused me and my mother of following Christianity,’’ he was quoted by The Indian Express.

Milind Wankhede, Vishal Mitra's lawyer said that in order to establish that Mitra is a Hindu, the service record of his late father who was an IFS officer along with his school marksheets.

But VHP activists quoted the programme of a youth conference organised at ECI Church in Bhopal, which named Mitra and other members of his group, to claim that he was a Christian