Beltangady: For love's sake - Girl chooses to wait for 'hubby' in remand home
Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady
Beltangady, Jul 28: Call it infatuation, love, or simply, eagerness to get married. In what could probably be called one-of-a-kind incident, a girl who eloped with her lover, got married and then caught, has chosen to wait for her man in the remand home rather than go to her own home.
A 19-year-old girl from Balanja in Venoor here who had gone missing a few days ago was found in Karkala with her lover.
The girl had left her house on the night of July 17. Her mother had lodged a complaint in Venoor police station.
The girl, a college student, fell in love with Sukesh Gowda, a resident of Kaniyoor. The couple had eloped on July 17 and were found by the police during their search in Karkala.
The couple have got married, but the boy is still 6 months short of completing 21 years, which is the legal age for marriage for a male. Hence their marriage did not get official approval.
The youth went back to his hometown, while the girl has stayed put in the Udupi remand home waiting for him. She has refused to go back to her parents.
Both are students of a college in Laila, the girl in first year and the boy in the final year degree.