NRI groom, parents arrested for demanding dowry

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NRI groom, parents arrested for demanding dowry

26 Oct 2007, 1844 hrs IST ,PTI

PATIALA: A US-based NRI and his parents were on Friday arrested for allegedly demanding dowry just before the marriage ceremony was to be solemnised, saying that they can not take the bride with them "just like that".

The parents of the groom Gurpreet Singh, a US-based doctor, allegedly asked Rs 50 lakh as dowry from the girl's parents just before the start of the marriage ceremony saying their son was earning Rs 7 lakh a month and they could not take their daughter to the US "just like that", police said.

The 'baraat' had come from Kaddon village in Ludhiana's Doraha.

Shocked at their last minute demand, the parents of the girl - also a doctor - pleaded but they refused to relent.

The groom and his parents, Bhajan Singh and Harjeet Kaur, were arrested following a complaint from the girl's side, they said.

The girl's parents said they had already fulfilled all the genuine demands but could not meet this one. The failure to reach an agreement by the two sides led to a scuffle as some girl's relatives got angry at the unreasonable demand.

Someone from the bride's side informed the police who arrived at the spot and rounded up the groom and his parents.