According to Western media, the number of kidnappings of single men in India has increased. In 2017, more than 3000 single men were forced to marry with guns in India, especially in poor areas in the north. Is that good news for single dogs? Let's go to India together.
According to Western media, according to local police, 3404 cases of kidnapping single men to force them to marry occurred in Bihar state in the north of India in 2017. Although forced marriage is usually a problem for Indian women, there are also many men kidnapped and forced to marry. Poverty and the tradition of dowry provided by women's families make this phenomenon more and more serious in Bihar.
"Kidnapping and marriage are out of control in Bihar & hellip; & hellip; most weddings are held when the bridegroom is forced by a gun or his or his family's life is threatened," a police officer in Bihar told local media Thursday, according to Spanish newspaper El pais.com. In January 2017, a wedding video of an engineer in BATNA, Bihar's capital, was shown on state television. In the video, the groom wailed and cried that he had been kidnapped by a group of armed men, forcing him to attend the prepared wedding as the groom.
According to the report, this is by no means a case, as evidenced by data from the Bihar government. In 2016, about 3070 young men were kidnapped and married in the state. In 2014, 2500 men were also victims of this bad habit. In 2009, only 1337 such cases were reported.
Kidnapping and marriage are most common in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Western Bihar. These two areas are backward in social and economic development, lack of infrastructure, poverty, low level of culture, and corruption, which makes caste discrimination and wedding dowry and other social habits deeply rooted.
Because of the backward economy, few families can afford the high dowry demanded by their husband's family, the report said. Under the pressure of marrying her daughter, her relatives and friends found a way to kidnap and get married.
According to the latest report of India's National Crime Investigation Agency in 2015, Bihar has the largest number of kidnappings of boys under the age of 18 according to nationwide statistics. In 2015, there were 1096 young boys aged 18-30 in Bihar, accounting for 17% of such kidnappings in India.
Bihar police said February is the traditional wedding season for Indians, and they will keep a high degree of vigilance to prevent kidnapping and marriage.