Vinod Kumar attended a friend's wedding and it turned into a nightmare. The 29-year-old Indian man was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced into a marriage with a woman he had never met. Kumar is seen on a video sobbing as he is forced to participate in the wedding.

A local news station reports the family of the "bride" can be heard on the video, saying:

We are only performing your wedding, not hanging you.

As shocking as this story seems, kidnapping men and forcing them into marriage is not as uncommon as one would think. In poor areas like western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, families cannot afford dowries.

In 2016 there were a reported 3,000 men kidnapped and forced into marriage.

These marriages, known as pakadua vivah, are often not annulled and the brides may also suffer while forced to live with a family and angry husband who resent their presence.

Police said Kumar was freed from the village where he was being held and they are investigating the kidnapping.

Bihar engineer forced to marry at gunpoint, kept crying, ordeal on video https://t.co/LbX73sT38K pic.twitter.com/kqcmoZSQbr — NDTV (@ndtv) January 5, 2018

Bihar Engineer Forced To Marry At Gunpoint, Kept Crying, Ordeal On Video https://t.co/NIctGh3OQg pic.twitter.com/vFr7OX88pP — Ray (@droughtroute) January 5, 2018

The video outraged people.

But they were willing to offer solutions to this problem, which is incredibly prevalent, much to the surprise to people living outside of India. "India can help solve this forced marriage scourge by invalidating any marriage which consent is questionable," one Twitter user suggested. "Require consent and civic proof. By civic I mean proof administered by a secular, objective, civic entity."

"Vinod Kumar, dressed as a groom, being thrashed and forced to perform wedding rituals in Patna's Pandarak area. As he begs to be released and continues to cry for help, a group of women, allegedly from the woman's family, try to convince him to cooperate."



Sickening. https://t.co/nV6NH0hWVo — Heraa Hashmi (@caveheraa) January 5, 2018

India can help solve this forced marriage scourge by invalidating any marriage which consent is questionable. Require consent and civic proof. By civic I mean proof adminstered by a secular, objective, civic entity. https://t.co/7gIU0JrWUF — IamtheStorm (@4jazznjava) January 5, 2018

They were angry for both the man and the woman.

While it's easy to see the man as the victim — and there's no denying he is a victim — many people were quick to point out that the wife is a victim too, even if she may seem complacent. "Here too I think the girl is helpless..." one horrified person noted. "It's the men of her family [who] are the culprits."

Here too I think the girl is helpless.... It's the men of her family are the culprits — Dr. Neetha Mahadev (@neethamahadev) January 5, 2018

I think she's crying too.😥 — 💖MeigaLiz💌 (@Idun2raptus) January 5, 2018