A newlywed bride allegedly robbed her husband and fled with lakhs in Kishanganj in Bihar. The woman was also married to another man in West Bengal, the victim alleged.
The woman, Ishika, married Rakesh Gupta, former general secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha, a resident of Dharamganj, in a court and later at a temple in Bihar, and the couple then held a grand reception. The man claimed that his “in-laws would not allow their daughter to stay at his house overnight.”
He alleged that the woman used to ask for money for her parents and he used to give lakhs to support them, adding that one day he was called to Siliguri by his in-laws to take the daughter to the doctor and she was her return had 'disappeared'. .
Meanwhile, the woman's mother denied all allegations and claimed that they were not married but got engaged on December 6
The man said he had given a plot of land and over Rs 30 lakh to his in-laws and claimed that they had helped their daughter to flee with the money. He alleged that the woman had cheated another man in West Bengal's Kanki nine months ago.
The police have filed a case based on Mr. Gupta's complaint. The photo of the woman with another man wearing streamers has gone viral and Mr. Gupta and his family went to the other man's house, leading to a commotion and police being called at Ganga Babu Chowk in the city.