In Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, a wedding between Rishabh Saxena, a businessman from Premnagar, and Jyoti, daughter of Murlimanohar from Sadar Bazaar, was called off during the wedding ceremony around 2:00 AM. The bride's side alleged that Rishabh and his family demanded ₹20 lakh cash and a Brezza car, engaged in abusive behavior, and arrived intoxicated. In response, Uttar Pradesh Police were called to the venue and took the groom and his family to the police station. Later, Rishabh released a statement denying dowry demands, claiming instead that he was body-shamed for being overweight, falsely accused after drinking water due to tiredness, and that the bride's family demanded a house registered solely in the bride's name, refusal to live in a joint family, and ₹50 lakh under threat of legal action. Police are investigating both conflicting versions.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Bareilly
Incident Type: Separation / Divorce (No Reported Violence)
Relationship Status: Engaged
Relationship Duration: Approximately 8 months
Incident Date: None
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Approximately 8 months
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
Shaadi में दूल्हे को Mota बोल Dulhan ने तोड़ी Shaadi, झूठे दहेज Case में फंसा UP Police की दी धमकी
Financial Conflict
The relationship between Rishabh Saxena and Jyoti was established through family matchmaking and formalized in an engagement approximately eight months prior to the scheduled wedding. Escalating financial disputes regarding wedding expenses, household items, cash transfers, and property ownership culminated in an open conflict at the wedding venue. While the bride's side claimed illegal dowry extortion and intoxication, the groom alleged body shaming and unreasonable property demands, resulting in a public breakdown of the alliance and police involvement.
Police responded to a call from the wedding venue and brought the groom and his family to the police station for questioning. As of the report, no formal written police complaint had been submitted by the groom, who indicated his family would decide on legal options after consultation. Police are conducting a inquiry to evaluate the conflicting statements, video footage, and financial transaction records from both sides.
Investigative ambiguity centers on opposing narratives presented to the police and media. The bride's family claims the groom demanded ₹20 lakh and a car at the mandap while intoxicated, whereas the groom contends he was drinking water due to exhaustion, was body-shamed as 'fat', and that the bride's family demanded ₹50 lakh and house registry in her sole name.
Approximately nine months prior, Murlimanohar arranged his daughter Jyoti's marriage with businessman Rishabh Saxena. An engagement took place eight months before the wedding at a hotel. Conflicts regarding monetary demands and gifts reportedly arose over the intervening months. On the night of the wedding around 2:00 AM, disputes erupted at the venue over groom behavior, alleged demands, and property conditions, prompting the bride to call off the wedding and police to intervene.
The case reflects high interpersonal volatility and severe mutual distrust stemming from unaligned expectations regarding dowry, expenses, and living arrangements. Both parties have publicly made serious allegations, including dowry harassment and legal extortion, creating ongoing legal exposure and risk of formal criminal proceedings.
Unresolved financial disagreements and conflicting family expectations during engagement periods can dramatically escalate during major rituals, leading to severe public disputes, false or exaggerated allegations, and sudden venue cancellations.
Reports of post-engagement demands for money, gold rings, and household appliances served as early indicators of financial friction between the families.
A video of the groom drinking water on a buggy at 2:00 AM was used by the bride's side to allege drug addiction/intoxication, while bridal photoshoot poses earlier in the evening were cited by the groom to dispute the bride's claims of distress.
Key evidence includes recorded video clips of the bride's behavior at the venue, video of the groom drinking water, photography records, and financial expense ledgers presented by the families.
The bride stated: 'It became 2:00 AM at night... Then the groom arrived. After that, at the doorstep, it was said to my father that I want ₹20 lakhs, we want a Brezza car.' The groom stated: 'She reacted like that—she messed up her hair, smeared her kajal, and started crying very badly... saying, "I want the boy in jail."'
Initial reporting focused solely on the bride's allegations of dowry demand and police intervention, but subsequent media statements by the groom introduced counter-allegations of body shaming and financial extortion by the bride's family.
It remains unresolved whether formal criminal charges under dowry prohibition laws or extortion laws will be registered, and which party initiated the financial demand that precipitated the cancellation.