Man married girlfriend after wife got stranded at parents' house [Representative image| Photo credits: iStock] Man married girlfriend after wife got stranded at parents' house [Representative image| Photo credits: iStock]

Key Highlights The affected woman had gone to visit her parents in another district but could not return due to lockdown restrictions

Her husband called her and told her to come back immediately but she said she was helpless due to suspension of transport services

Upon learning about her husband’s act, she approached the Dulhin Bazar Police Station and lodged a complaint against him

Patna: In a shocking incident reported from Bihar’s Patna district, a man allegedly tied the knot with his girlfriend after his wife got stranded at her parents’ house in another district in the state due to the unprecedented lockdown enforced to contain the spread of the virus pandemic.

Upon learning about her husband’s act, the affected woman, identified as Gudia Devi, and her parents approached the Dulhin Bazar Police Station and lodged a complaint against him. The police stated that the accused, identified as Dheeraj Kumar, who resides in Patna district’s Paliganj block, has a child with his wife Devi.

Woman gets stuck at parents' house

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Recently, Devi went to visit her parents in Jehanabad district, located nearly 60 km away from Patna. The central government imposed an unprecedented nationwide lockdown on the day when she was to return. As per the lockdown orders, all transport services and public movement, except for essential services, was suspended.

Return immediately, says husband

According to a report of the Gulf News, Kumar dialled his wife’s number and asked her to come back but she told him that it was impossible due to non-availability of transport services and the administration was also not permitting people movement. He got filled with strong and uncontrolled anger and married his girlfriend who lived in the same locality and brought her to the house.

A police official confirmed that the accused was arrested and sent to jail after his wife filed a complaint against him on Friday.

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In another incident, a 53-year-old visually impaired woman was allegedly raped by an unidentified accused while she was alone at her house as her husband got stuck in Rajasthan due to the ongoing lockdown. The survivor is a banker. In her complaint to the police, she mentioned that an unidentified man broke into her room through balcony when she was asleep and later raped her.