NEW DELHI: This is one ‘Ek Chhotisi Love Story’ which has left the cops dumbfounded. On the lookout for a 16-year-old missing boy, the south district police’s search ended on Thursday when they came across a couple, who claimed to be legally married, in Nangloi in West Delhi. While the missing boy turned out to be the husband, his wife was a 40-year-old woman.
Even as the police detained both of them immediately, till late in the night they were trying to figure out what charges to slap on the woman, who is an Alaknanda-based dance teacher and lived with her ailing mother. She told the cops that the two had "eloped" on August 28 and then got married in Manali.
The two, who had met on the internet, told the police that they got married at the Hadimba temple in Manali. After spending several days in Manali, they went to Patiala inPunjab and stayed there for some time. Then they decided to return to Delhi and hired a one-room flat at Nihal Vihar in Nangloi. "They lived there for more than a week as husband and wife," said a police officer.
The boy, who is a class X student of a school inChittaranjan Park and lived in the same locality before ‘eloping’, had been reported missing on August 28. His father, who works with a private firm, told the police that the boy left for his tuition in the afternoon but did not return.
According to the police, the two chatted on the internet for several weeks before deciding to meet in a restaurant. The boy told the police that it was a case of love at first sight and that they fell madly for each other.
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(To my knowledge there were no follow up reports in the matter. As per law, the boy is underage and the marriage if performed was illegal. However, I feel that an older woman falling in love with a much younger boy should not obstructed by society. There is no infidelity here and therefore the couple should be allowed to marry when the boy attains major.)
K.N.Krishnan.
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