Indian youth to marry off his wife to lover

In a wierd story of marriage without approval, a 21-year-old man has got his newly-wedded wife tie a rakhi to him, making her his sister.

"Even an animal brought against its will to a new owner will run away. This is a case of a sensitive and educated girl, forced to marry against her wishes. I am proud of my son’s stand and support him wholeheartedly," said Nitesh’s father Anil Tyagi.

Tyagi has declared that Aarti was now his ‘daughter’. "Earlier, she was my daughter-in-law. Now, she is my second daughter. And my wife is equally happy to have her as a daughter," said Tyagi.

According to the family, Nitesh was initially engaged to be married to Aarti’s elder sister. "But the girl eloped with a trainee police sub-inspector before the marriage, which was scheduled for May 6. Aarti’s father, himself a sub-inspector with the Provincial Armed Constabulary in Rudrapur, told us that Nitesh should marry Aarti, to which we agreed. The wedding took place on May 6," said Tyagi.

"Aarti told my son that she had a lover whom she met during her graduation. They had even quietly married in a temple. Her family possibly drugged her on the night of the wedding. I had seen her weeping and unsteady on her feet," Tyagi said.