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When tradition becomes torture: Inside Bihar’s pakadua vivah cases | Patna News

In Bihar, the line between celebration and horror is blurring. Across districts like Samastipur, Begusarai, and Patna, young men — students, teachers, and even teenagers — are being abducted, drugged, and forced into marriage against their will. These incidents, locally known as ‘pakadua vivah’, are leaving victims traumatised and families frantic.Viral videos circulating on social…

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Bihar ‘pakadua vivah’ horror: Student kidnapped by friends, drugged, forced into marriage; rescued after videos go viral | Patna News

PATNA: A 22-year-old student was allegedly kidnapped and forced into marriage in Samastipur district, police said on Wednesday.The student, Nitish Kumar, alleged that his friends offered him a cold drink laced with sedatives while he was returning from a library on Feb 7. He claimed he was rendered unconscious, abducted, and later forced to marry…

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