Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), September 08: A nikah between a man, charged with outraging the modesty of his paramour, and the girl was solemnised in a district jail on the orders of a Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The marriage ceremony of 23-year-old Arman Ali and 19-year-old Rufi was held inside Koderma jail yesterday, on the orders of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Koderma district court, Chandres Kumar.
About a month-ago, Ali, resident of Jalalbagh village in Koderma district had eloped with Rufi, hailing from Rizzat village of Nawada district in Bihar, and stayed together at a hotel in New Delhi for 10 days, Superintendent of Koderma jail, Martin Rajan Shaw, said.
The couple returned to Arman’s village after they came to know that his parents were ill. His parents, however, did not accepted Rufi and sent her back to her parents.
–PTI