The colour of your face is still an important factor in India. A prospective groom found this out. RaviYadav at Bharthana in Uttar Pradesh¡¯s Etawah found that the would-be bride was prejudiced against his dark skin while they were getting married!
In a surprising and shocking turn ofevents, bride?Neeta Yadav took two ¡®pheras¡¯ during the wedding before abruptly cancelling the ceremony and what was shocking to know was the reason for the cancellation of marriage. She has said that groom was ¡®too dark.¡¯
Reports indicate that the incidentoccurred on Thursday, the day before Neeta Yadav's marriage to Ravi Yadav, atBharthana in Etawah and unfortunately everything changed at the last moment.
As soon as the wedding ceremony started,the couple exchanged garlands, and problems began. Neetu abruptly revealed herintention to end the marriage after two ¡®pheras.¡¯
She said that the groom who had beenintroduced to her before was not the one she was marrying.?She said that she didn't like his skin colour since it was too dark. Even when her family memberspleaded with her to come back, she left the 'mandap' and did not return, newsagency IANS reported.
After more than six hours of trying topersuade the bride, the groom and the ¡®baraat¡¯ left without solemnisingthe marriage.
However, the father of the groom has filed a police complaint alleging that thousands of rupees worth of jewellery that was given to the bride as a present has not been returned to them, IANSreported.
The groom Ravi said that the incidentput his life in jeopardy.
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