In Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, women married without a husband concentrate attention on widespread marriage fraud: what really happened?

In Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, women married without a husband concentrate attention on widespread marriage fraud: what really happened?

A mass wedding is shown in a film purportedly taken in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, where "grooms" can be seen "hiding their faces" and donning masks, while other ladies garlands herself in the groom's absence. It is worn by her.

Uttar Pradesh: On January 25, this year, Maniyar Inter College in Ballia hosted a communal marriage event.

Do you know of any "fake" wedding parties? An occurrence in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, however, could surprise a lot of people. A video that has gone viral on social media shows a number of "brides" being garlanded and being married during a large-scale wedding in Ballia that was arranged as part of a government program.

Curious about what transpired?

Reports state that a fraud case involving the Chief Minister Mass Marriage Scheme has surfaced. Young men and women from low-income households are being married under the Chief Minister Group Marriage Scheme.

The government website states that ₹51,000 is paid for the event, of which ₹35,000 is given to the girl, ₹10,000 is provided for buying marriage-related items, and ₹6,000 is given for the program, as reported by news agency PTI. Come on, let's go.

In Ballia, widespread marital fraud!

On January 25 of this year, Maniyar Inter College in Ballia had one such community marriage event. A large number of program participants were determined to be ineligible for the Chief Minister Mass Marriage Scheme.

Deepak Srivastava, the district social welfare officer, reportedly complained about this issue. The police complaint states that it was discovered that the mass marriage scheme was remarrying previously married brides and grooms.

The investigation committee's findings said that ineligible applicants had concealed relevant information in their unlawful applications in order to get benefits under the program.

The PTI report claims that the Social Welfare Department's Assistant Development Officer examined the applications carelessly, which resulted in the scam.

A viral video shows a mass marriage in Ballia.

UP Tak posted a video of what seems to be a mass wedding from Ballia. The "grooms" are seen "hiding their faces" and wearing masks as several girls and ladies follow them. praised himself for being gone.

Married ladies, young females, and pretend grooms all took part.

UP reports state that young girls and even moms of two were married for financial gain. "At least 190 couples were found to be fake/ineligible couples among of the 537 couples who got married throughout the event on January 25 last month," according to accusations made on social media.

According to District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar, the beneficiaries of the mass marriage program held in the Maniyar development block have not yet received the cash.

In return for ₹2000–₹3000, Bablu, one of the individuals pretending to be the groom, informed the reporters that he was ordered to sit throughout the marriage ceremony. "Where the bride went, I'm not sure.In a video that Quint Hindi posted, he said, "I didn't receive the money.

According to Quint Hindi, there were 50 fictitious weddings in Revati and 86 in Beruar Bari of Ballia.

What was done about the widespread falsification of marriages?

On January 29, a committee headed by the Chief Development Officer was established to investigate the allegation. A PTI report said that an inquiry revealed that some recipients, such as Archana from Manikapur village, were married in June 2023.

In addition, Priyanka married in November 2023, Pooja married a year ago, Sanju married three years ago, and Ramita married in July 2023. Ranjana Yadav and Suman Chauhan were married in March 2023. Sonam's marriage has not yet been agreed upon other from this.

According to police, eight beneficiaries and the Assistant Development Officer of the Social Welfare Department were named in a formal complaint alleging fraud related to the Chief Minister Group Marriage Scheme.

Officials from the social welfare department were among the fifteen persons detained in Ballia on January 31, according to the police.

Two assistant development officials from the social welfare department, Sunil Kumar Yadav and Bhanu Pratap, have been taken into custody, according to Ballia District Magistrate (DM) Ravindra Kumar, who spoke with PTI.

Additional people arrested include from the Social Welfare Department: Arjun Verma, Ramnath, Achhe Lal Verma, Gulab Yadav, Sarabjit Singh, Deepak Chauhan, Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Upendra Yadav, Ravindra Gupta, as well as Gulab Yadav.