Bride Killers Of In Laws
Posted on 1 July 2010 by LynThomas in Uncategorized
The Times of India reported a very accommodating and helpful newlywed bride offered to cook an evening meal for her husband and four of her in-laws, the night after moving in with them.
All five were discovered writhing in agony the following morning, when concerned locals heard moaning coming from the house in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, northeast India and went to investigate.
The authorities confirmed the groom and his relatives had been rendered unconscious by an unknown toxin, then stripped of their cash, jewellery and valuables.
There was no sign of the bride, whom the man married on June 27, or any of her relatives. The police are claiming her as their prime suspect.
Officers say the robbery echoes previous crimes whereby unsuspecting men have been conned into marrying, only to be robbed in similar fashion within days.
Police chief Saharanpur Mukul Dwivedi said it was too early to say whether the missing bride had executed the plot herself, or whether she was assisted by others.
The husband, 28, his brother, 24, and an 18-year-old cousin were all recovering but the groom’s parents, aged 55 and 60, were critically ill, The Times said.
On the other hand, thousands of Indian brides are being abandoned by their British Asian husbands.
Four years ago, a secondary school teacher married a British man in a wedding arranged by relatives. Shortly after the ceremony, her husband, who was in his 50s, left for London with the promise he would send for her. At first all appeared to go well.
“He would visit two to three times a year. Whenever he came to India, we had a good time,” she said. Contact would only be made between the couple about a month before the man was due to return to India.
On one visit he claimed her application for a spousal visa to the UK had been refused. “It was like being a prostitute you take along and have a good time with and then leave behind,” says 35 year old Suman.
Mrs Kaur, women’s rights activist, says there are between 15,000-20,000 ‘holiday brides’ in India.
In the Doaba region of Punjab, Mrs Kaur discovered a dozen women huddled together, clutching their marriage documents and wedding photographs. The youngest was barely out of their teens.
Often these women never remarry, claiming their lives have been ruined, in the rural socially conservative parts of India, where divorce is frowned upon.
One such marriage only took place, after the bride’s parents had sold their home and paid the groom $25,000. In many places in India it is still customary for the bride’s parents to pay a dowry of cash, clothes and jewellrey. A British Asian groom can command a dowry of up to $45,000.
However, UK matrimonial expert, Tahir Mahmood, helps arrange marriages and believes British men are the victims. “The brides only marry them in order to obtain a British passport.”
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