Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Girl who abducted groom at gunpoint in UP arrested

- HT Correspond­ent letters@hindustant­imes.com

The woman, who abducted a groom from his wedding ‘pandal’ in Hamirpur two days ago at gunpoint, was arrested in Banda.

Additional SP Brijesh Mishra said the woman Varsha Sahu alias Revolver Rani had been arrested and the groom Ashok Yadav was rescued from a house.

Ashok’s father had lodged an FIR with Maudaha police against Varsha after she kidnapped Ashok minutes before he was to marry the woman his family had chosen. “We are investigat­ing the case and both of them are being questioned,” said Mishra.

The 25-year-old woman arrived along with few young men in an SUV to Ashok Yadav’s wedding place in a Hamirpur village on Tuesday and had bundled away the groom with them before the shocked guests could react.

“This man loves me, he is betraying me by marrying someone else. I will not allow this to happen,” she had said.

Ashok has admitted to his relationsh­ip with the woman but hasn’t spoken anything else.

The police said the woman was still insisting that she will not allow him to marry any other woman. One hundred and twentyseve­n crore people, including a peon to the President of India, are all consumers. Unfortunat­ely, this department was neglected earlier. We have to make consumers aware of their rights. One has the right to know how much food one gets for the money one pays. Our Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides the right to know about the quality and quantity of the goods a consumer purchases.

We don’t want to ban, but regulate. All know that food is wasted in 5-star hotels. Left-over food is served to other people. Hotels don’t mention the quantity of the food; people eat less food (than what is served) and the rest gets wasted or is served to someone. I don’t understand why there is an unnecessar­y It is lying with the law ministry. It will address three issues: Service charge, food portion and MRP. We have taken up the matter with the law minister, requested him to clear it at priority. The bill makes it compulsory to mention MRP on the products. Bill will also empower the government to look into whether or not the MRP fixed is exorbitant­ly high. MRP should be in proportion to the cost of production. We will give a month’s time to companies to mention in bold on their products six facts, including dates of manufactur­ing and expiry, ISI mark, where to complain,

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