The Indian bride demanded a refund of her dowry after she found out the husband was impotent
A newly married Indian teenager has divorced her husband just two
weeks after she married him because she discovered he was impotent and
could not perform in bed.
The 18-year-old bride from Katna village in Murshidabad, West
Bengal state, found out about his impotent state on the night of their
wedding, and immediately demanded a divorce and refund of her dowry.
According to reports, the girl's family who supported her asked
that the divorce be fast-tracked in order not to ruin the girl's
reputation with other suitors in the future. The family said they do not
want their daughter to be branded barren after marrying a man who
cannot impregnate a woman.
The 18-year-old reportedly asked the family of her husband, from
Burdwan district in West Bengal, to return the dowry: 55,000 rand
(£2,547) in cash as well as assets worth the same amount.
'On our wedding night, I realised that my husband has erectile dysfunction,' the 18-year-old told Times of India.
'In our village, marriages have broken up earlier. But no girl has ever cited impotence as a reason.'
It is believed the groom's family had wanted the woman to give
their son sometime by continuing in the marriage, but the woman refused.
The groom and his family have now been compelled to pay the dowry after
the bride won the case in a family court.
A local court ruled in the teenager's favour and the groom's family
will be paying back the entire dowry in cash - 110,000 rand (£5,090)
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