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A video is going viral on social media platforms with claim that a government school is being abducted at gunpoint for a forced marriage in Bihar. Let's find out the truth behind this viral video.
Once infamous for 'Pakadwa Vivah' – wherein unmarried men are forced to marry with a gun pointed at their heads, the instances are now becoming common in Bihar again. A similar incident of ...
Saharsa (Bihar), Sep 17: A teenage girl has been allegedly ... station that she was sexually assaulted by three persons at gunpoint in a moving car on the evening of September 14," Superintendent ...
A girl was allegedly raped at gunpoint by three persons in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said on Thursday. Two of the accused have been arrested and a search is underway for the third one ...
Pakadwa Shaadi is an old concept in Bihar, where a suitable groom is abducted and forcefully married to a bride at gunpoint, but it is slowly vanishing from the state. But the previous year ...
In a shocking incident, armed robbers on Monday stormed a Tanishq showroom in Bihar's Arrah and looted jewellery worth crores. The robbers overpowered staff at gunpoint, locked the shutter and ...
Bihar: A Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) teacher in Bihar's Begusarai district was forced into a 'Pakaduah Vivah'. According to reports, the school teacher, who was posted in Katihar, was ...
In a shocking case of daylight robbery, a Tanishq jewellery showroom in Bihar's Arrah was looted at gunpoint on Monday. A group of men barged into the store, overpowering security personnel and ...
Avnish Kumar, who had recently cleared the Bihar Public Service Commission exam to become a teacher, was on his way to work on Friday when two Scorpios intercepted him. A dozen unknown assailants ...
Another government teacher in Bihar, Mukesh Kumar, was allegedly abducted and coerced into marriage, adding to the rash of forced weddings in the state. Mukesh's ordeal comes just after fellow ...
The incident is apparently a classic example of a practice known as 'Pakadwa Vivah' in Bihar. The state has seen the highest number of such forced marriages in the last 30 years in 2024 ...