Key Points
Over 200 couples allegedly participated in fake marriage ceremonies at a mass wedding event in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on January 25..
A video of the event under the state's Mass Marriage Scheme shows brides garlanding themselves during the ceremony...
Apart from this, Ranjana Yadav and Suman Chauhan got married in March 2023, Priyanka got married in November 2023, Pooja got married a year ago, Sanju got married three years ago and Ramita got married in July 2023...
The Social Welfare department's assistant development officer was negligent in examining the applications which led to this fraud.. District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar said that the funds have not yet been distributed to the beneficiaries of the mass marriage programme held in Maniyar development block...
