BHOPAL: Displaying courage, walked out of her marriage when a groom and his family began making absurd dowry demands in Damoh district on Thursday.

The girl had represented Madhya Pradesh at a national level sports event.

The incident took place when the groom, Pradeep Chaudhary, who is a lecturer in a private engineering college in Bhopal, after his marriage to the girl, had gone to take her.

Despite the presence of hundreds of relatives and friends, Pradeep and his family began arguing with Arti's family expressing their displeasure over a bike in dowry. They allegedly insisted on a car, police said.

The marriage was fixed three months ago. According to Arti's relatives, immediately after the engagement, Pradeep's family began upping their demands. Her parents had already agreed to some of demands and had also spent a few lakhs on the wedding arrangements so far.

Persistent demands were being made for one thing or the other. Everything was arranged and today the groom and his parents began complaining about the bike. On her complaint, Pradeep, his father, a retired police officer, brother and brother-in-law were arrested. Pradeep denied charges and said he wanted to marry without dowry.

"If the demand was made after marriage I would have compromised. But the way they have reacted, they would have even killed me for the dowry," Arti told media.

