Mangalore: Bridegroom fails to arrive, auto driver marries bride

Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 29 Oct 2012: A young woman hailing from a poor family in Bondel was scheduled to get married to a young man from Krishnanagar from the same locality on Sunday, Oct 28 in a marriage hall in the city.

 

However, at the appointed hour in Makar Lagna at 11-50 am, the bridegroom failed to turn up, putting the a pall of uncertainty and sorrow over the bride’s family. The bride was likely to suffer a stigma and it could have ruined her chances of getting a suitor in future also.

 

 

But a rickshaw driver came forward to get married to her. After discussions among all the three families, the wedding took place in the same hall in the evening.

 

It was still a mystery as to why the man engaged to be married failed to turn up. Enquiries later revealed that he had problems with his family and visited home only occasionally.

 

Prasad

 

A source from the girl’s family said that it was a happy turn of events, because had she married the ’original’ man, her life could have landed in a mess.