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Woman marries husband's father
A woman has left her husband and four children from him to marry her father-in-law in a Bihar village, raising the hackles of a tradition-bound community.
- IANS
- Published: 23:29 November 17, 2008
Patna: A woman has left her husband and four children from him to marry her father-in-law in a Bihar village, raising the hackles of a tradition-bound community.
Angry and shocked, the villagers have ostracised her and her father-in-law and ordered the couple to leave the village as early as possible for breaking traditions.
Lalita Devi, 25, left her husband Dilip Mandal, 28, and their four children on Saturday to marry her father-in-law Harindar Mandal in Dhamiapatti village, Madhubani district, 129km from capital Patna.
"It was a great shock for most of the villagers when she openly declared she was leaving her husband and children to marry her father-in-law, a thing unheard of in the conservative society in rural Bihar," Ratnesh Kumar, a villager, said.
Harindar Mandal, 45, agreed to marry his daughter-in-law, with whom he had an illicit relationship for years in the absence of his son Dilip, who works in distant Gujarat.
Another villager, Shayam Mandal said that nearly two weeks ago, Dilip Mandal returned.
"One day he caught his wife and his father in an objectionable position, which led to a heated exchange and a clash between them," he said.
The dispute took a new twist when Lalita told some villagers, who tried to intervene, that she was not ready to live with her husband.
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