A groom ran away from his bride just a day after their wedding when their car was stuck in a traffic jam. The woman has filed a complaint and Bengaluru Police are looking out for the runaway groom.
Traffic prompts groom to run away
On February 16, a groom ran away from his bride just a day after their wedding when their car was stuck in a traffic jam in the tech corridor of Mahadevapura. A police complaint was filed on March 5 after the search for the runaway groom for more than two weeks turned useless. Police said a manhunt was on.
According to the reports, the missing groom, named Vijay George, was married to the daughter of his manager at his place of employment. The woman with whom the man had an affair works at the same company. She blackmailed him with private photographs of the two of them, which she threatened to make public.
George’s wife, 22, told TOI that soon after their wedding, on February 15, when George told her about being blackmailed by his former lover, she assured him, saying that both she and her parents would stand by him and that he need not worry.
A sudden turn of events
In spite of the assurance, the day after their wedding, while the couple was returning from a church visit and their vehicle was stuck in traffic for about 10 minutes, George, who was in the front seat, opened the door and ran away. Shocked by this sudden turn of events, his wife too got off the car and tried chasing him down, but couldn’t catch up.
The wife said her spouse used to help his father in running a manpower agency in Karnataka and Goa. While in Goa, he had an affair with the wife of one of the drivers at the company. The woman, a mother of two, also worked for the same company as a clerk.
Once George’s mother came to know about his affair, George guaranteed her that he would end the relationship, but still, he continued seeing the woman. In an attempt to prevent him from continuing with his affair, George’s family had arranged his wedding elsewhere, his wife said.
“I was informed about this affair even before the marriage, but I agreed to marry him as he had promised to leave her,” George’s wife said, adding: “Fearing this [blackmail], George ran away. He was also showing suicidal tendencies. Hope he is safe and will return soon.”
