A viral social media video shows a small couple tying the knot inside a government junior college classroom in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district of Rajamundry city.
Classroom wedding on social media goes viral
The pair can be seen in the video standing in uniforms inside the empty classroom as the small boy ties the ‘moodu mullu’ (three nuptial knots) around the girl’s neck, Solemnizing the wedding according to the custom of Telugu. Then, you can hear another girl, a cousin of the ‘bride’ who filmed the wedding, directing the ‘groom’ to apply the ‘bottu’ (bindi) on the girl’s forehead. She says “Shortly before anyone comes, put the bottu. I’m getting scared.” The clip ends when the cousin asked the “newlyweds” to pose side by side for wedding photographs , according to news agency IANS.
College administration dismisses triple
The college administration fired the trio for gross indiscipline after the video exploded like flames on social media sites. Meanwhile, the police took suo moto cognizance of the incident and contacted the Department of Development of Women and Children. Police reports also found that the three students appeared at the college an hour before 9 a.m. on that day.
“A child protection officer will produce the two on Friday in front of a committee and take a decision for further action,” he said about the marriage which is suspected to have occurred on November 17, a police officer told IANS.
