Couple living together for10 years tie nuptial knot

Kanpur:Yet another couple, who were living together for the past 10 years, tied the nuptial knot in Fattepur Chaurasi area of Unnao on Wednesday.

This was the second such marriage ceremony reported from the district within a fortnight’s time.

On July 12, a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, who have been living together for the past 20 years, tied the nuptial knot in Rasulpur Ruri of Ganj Moradabad of the district.

The couple’s two minor daughters also attended the marriage function, which took place on July 21 night.

The couple said that, peeved over the boycott by relatives, besides taunts from villagers, they decided to marry.

Suman, daughter of Ram Autar Kashyap, resident of Kadilpur village of Thana Asiwan, was married on May 8, 2004.

However, due to the constant harassment by her in-laws, her relationship with her first husband had turned sour and with the intervention of court, they decided to live separately.

Thereafter, Suman returned to her ancestral house and started living with her parents.

Ten years ago, Suman, however, came in contact with one Sunil of Gorimau village in Fatehpur Chaurasi and started living with him.

Two daughters were born to them.

Two months ago, following a ‘boycott’ by the relatives when they were not allowed to attend their niece’s marriage ceremony, besides being fed up with the constant taunts of people, Sunil married Suman on 21 July as per the customs in the village itself.

Interestingly, not only the whole village was witness to the wedding, but their two daughters Vaishnavi (5) and Vaishali (4), were also the part of the function as the village head Ranjana Pandey has taken responsibility for all the necessary arrangements.