ALLAHABAD: A youth was beaten up by locals who mistook him as thief while he was trying to enter the house of his lover at Nala village in Uttar Pradesh's

late on Monday night.

However, when the villagers and the families of the youth and the girl came to know about their affair, they solemnised their marriage at a temple on Tuesday.

The youth was spotted by the villagers at around 11.30pm on Monday when he was trying to enter the house. Suspecting him to be a thief, the villagers raised an alarm and caught him after a brief chase.

The villagers thrashed him up and handed him over to the police. However, when the cops questioned the youth, identified as

(25) of

, they found that he was trying to enter the house to meet his lover.

He told the police that he had been meeting his girlfriend for the last one year. The girl had not informed her family members about her affair.

Later, police summoned both the families and informed them about the love affair. The two families gave nod to their marriage. A few locals arranged for their marriage at a local temple.

inspector Uday Veer Singh said, "Villagers and the girl’s family members caught the youth suspecting him to be a thief. When the two families came to know about their affair, they agreed to the marriage proposal when the villagers insisted.”