Hotel raids in Jharkhand take dramatic turn: Couple marries on street, three others sign wedding bonds

JHARKHAND: In an unusual turn of events during a police crackdown on alleged illegal activities, a couple detained from a hotel in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district ended up tying the knot on the roadside.

Three other couples caught in the hotel signed written undertakings to marry.

The action unfolded after police, acting on specific Intelligence inputs about the operation of suspected sex rackets, conducted simultaneous raids at several hotels in the district headquarters, including Tiwari Inn, SNC, and RDS on Monday.

During the operation, over a dozen couples were caught in a compromising position. Police arrested them along with hotel operators and staff and took them to the police station for questioning.

What followed, however, was unexpected. During interrogation, some of the detained couples told police they were adults and in consensual relationships, claiming they had plans to marry soon. To verify these claims, the police called their family members to the police station.