Ghaziabad Man Goes For Groceries, Comes Back With Wife

The COVID-19 lockdown may have forced people to stay indoors and step out only for essentials. But a man in UP’s Ghaziabad who went to buy groceries came back home with a wife.

On top of this, the man’s mother, shocked by his sudden and secret wedding, denied him and the newly-wed bride the entry to the home.

The mother soon approached the Sahibabad police station complaining about her son.

"I had sent my son to do the grocery shopping today, but when he returned, he came back with his wife. I am not ready to accept this marriage," a teary-eyed mother said.

Mother sent son to buy grocery, he returned with a bride. Mom didn’t allow them to enter the house, took them to police station. Couple has no proof that they got married. The priest who got them married told them he can give a certificate only after the lockdown. #UP ki batein pic.twitter.com/MPQG1MQaQY

— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) April 29, 2020

The 26-year-old groom, Guddu, intimated that his wedding took place at an Arya Samaj Mandir in Hardwar two months ago.

“We could not get the marriage certificate at that time due to lack of witnesses. I had decided to visit Haridwar again but could not due to the lockdown," he said.

After returning from Haridwar, Savita, his wife, was staying at a rental accommodation in Delhi due to the lockdown but was asked to vacate the room.

#WATCH Ghaziabad: Mother denied entry to son who had gone out to purchase groceries&returned after marrying a woman in Sahibabad area. The man says, "We performed our marriage in a temple today & priest said that he would help us get marriage certificate once #lockdown is lifted" pic.twitter.com/Sfs8K79RO0

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 29, 2020

For now, the police has asked the landlord to let the couple stay at the rented place.

The newlyweds are hopeful to get a marriage certificate once the lockdown is lifted.