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Reel To Real: Brides Drug Husbands, In-Laws And Flee With Valuables On 'Karva Chauth' In UP's Aligarh

Police's preliminary investigation reveals all the young men are from Bihar and have committed similar crimes in the past.

Aligarh : Sonam Kapoor starrer 'Dolly Ki Doli' played out in real life for 12 men from Aligarh that too on the auspicious day of Karva Chauth.

The brides, all from Bihar, took the seven 'pheras' (taking rounds of sacred fire as per Hindu tradition) before drugging their husbands and in-laws and fleeing with cash and other valuabes.

The middleman who arranged the marriages is absconding with his family. Nihal Sharma, a resident of Sasni Gate, and his son, Pratik Sharma, said they had met Sachin Thakur of Iglas a few days earlier.

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