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'Forced marriage' or 'Pakadwa Vivah' is again in the news these days in Bihar after one such case was reported from Vaishali district in the state...
After 'Pakadwa Vivah', many couples are living a contented married life while several marriages have broken down...
Recently, a case of a newly appointed teacher of a government school being forced to marry has come to light in the Patepur police station area of Vaishali district of Bihar..
Earlier, 'Pakadwa marriages' were organised as a social initiative, but after criminal gangs got involved, people started getting their daughters married to boys after kidnapping them with the help of criminals..
Annu Kumari, a resident of Gopalganj and a sociology researcher at BHU, told that the biggest reason for forced marriage is the demand for dowry and illiteracy among girls..
