A B.Tech graduate, Kusumakumari from Mudigubba in Anantapur district, used ‘COVID-19 positive’ status as an alibi for avoiding a marriage she did not want. The groom was so desperate that he was ready to go ahead with the marriage even if her status was COVID positive. When the bride did not relent, the groom and his parents complained to the Kadiri police regarding the cancellation of the marriage and wanted the ₹1.5 lakh they had deposited with the bride. When the police called the bride and her parents to the police station, it turned out that the boy had studied only up to ITI, but had told the girl that he had completed M.Tech. The bride told the police that since the groom had cheated her, she did not want to get married with that boy and that she wanted to buy time in the alibi of being COVID-19 positive.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2021 08:06 UTC