Bride weds guest as groom ups the dowry

Mid-Day: "In yet another incident of bridal revolt against dowry, on Monday, February 9, a bride called off her wedding at the last moment, protesting against the dowry demands made by the bridegroom�s family. Instead, Jayalakshmi (21) married a distant relative who was there to attend the nuptials, in the same muhurtham.

The incident that had elements of a movie climax, started unfolding from the time of the wedding reception on Sunday evening. The groom�s family allegedly demanded 40 sovereigns of gold and a Hero Honda bike as dowry. After Sunday�s function, the boy�s side found that there were only 37 sovereigns of gold - the bike too had not been delivered. "