AIDS-afflicted groom arrested for cheating bride

March 14, 2007

Report: Prasaad Bhosekar and S.Bhaskar Rao

It is a sorry state of affairs that a well-educated engineer of

Hyderabad hid the vital fact from his bride that he had AIDS.

Thankfully the same was discovered just before the wedding night

following which the groom was arrested for hiding important

information from the bride and her family.

This is what happened in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh

where the groom landed in jail due to hiding the report that

confirmed that he had the disease. Two Zee News correspondents did an

exclusive story on the same.

The groom, S. Srihari was an engineer by profession and hailed from

the state of Hyderabad. The bride was from Warangal. On March 7, 2007

the wedding ceremony took place. The needle of suspicion was pointed

in the direction of the groom when news was received by the girl's

family that the man whom their daughter was getting married to was

actually an AIDS patient.

But still the wedding formalities got completed after which an HIV

test was performed. The report was hidden from the bride's family.

But still the matter got revealed somehow to the girl's family and

the worst fears got confirmed. The groom got arrested after the

girl's family lodged a complaint in the police station.

S. Srihari was arrested by the police just before the wedding night.

Defending himself he said that he was oblivious to how he contracted

the infection. In his words he had had an accident a year back

following which he had needed blood transmission. So he had got

admitted to Gandhi hospital. That could possibly be the reason how he

got the disease as per him.

The sub-inspector of the police station which arrested him stated

that hiding such information was criminal in nature and therefore

appropriate action would be taken under law. When the girl's family

was approached for comment, nobody was willing to talk to the press.

After this case has come to light, unmarried women in India would

think twice before tying the knot. This incident would compel one to

verify the fact whether the groom has AIDS or not well before getting

married. It is indeed sad to note that the same took place in a

progressive southern Indian state like Andhra Pradesh. This exclusive

by Zee News has thrown more light in this direction

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