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A Shotgun Wedding
Amarnath Tewary
It came as a surprise, even by Bihar's lawless standards. Sultan
Mia, a gangster with political connections, abducted a married
woman, Kanchan Mishra, with her four-year-old child in broad
daylight in the heart of Patna and forced her to marry him. The
woman's only fault: her beauty.
The dreaded criminal forcibly pushed her into his car and
took her to a mosque in Mainpura locality where their nikah
was performed. RJD's state minister Ejazul Haq and the
officer-in-charge of the local police station came
to bless the criminal.
After the nikah, a lavish reception was organised at Haq's.
Ever since, Kanchan's brother and her husband Pappu Pandey,
who works in a restaurant, have been running from pillar
to post to free her.
But no one wants to help, obviously because Sultan is the
protege of the infamous RJD MP from Siwan, Mohammed
Shahabuddin.
Though the MP has reprimanded Sultan, the gangster's men
have threatened to kill Pandey if he tries to rescue his wife.