Five-year-old boy married to puppy! Monday, 16 February , 2004, 20:39
Jamshedpur: A five-year-old boy was on Monday married to a puppy to ward off the evil eye on himself and family in tribal dominated Kuluptanaga bustee in Saraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand.
A woman tribal priest, Bonjh Gope, married Samir, son of Shanbabu Mudiya and a puppy according to tribal rituals on the concluding day of the three-day Maghe Parav, a tribal festival of the region.
Home brewed beer and delicacies were served to guests, who had come to have a darshan of the newly-wed couple, as many danced to drums beats.
Mudiya told newsmen later that tribals believed that such marriages would keep the boy, his family as well as the society at large away from the evil eye. He claimed that altogether four such marriages had taken place in the locality this year.
Contacted the RIT police said it had no knowledge of the marriage. "We have never heard of such a case. We will have to seek legal opinion before taking action."
