Lockdown: Pune cops play wedding planners, get couple hitched
Marketing professional Aditya Bisht and doctor NehaKushwaha were scheduled to get married on May 2 in Dehradun inUttarakhand but the plan went awry due to the virus outbreakand resultant lockdown.
Parents of Bisht and Kushwaha took part in the Punewedding from Nagpur and Dehradun through video calls, anofficial said.
"Last month Aditya's father Devendra Bisht called upthe Pune police control room to get information on whether thecouple can go to Dehradun during the lockdown. He got mynumber as I am the nodal officer for Hadapsar police station,"Assistant Police Inspector Prasad Lonare said.
"When we told him movement during lockdown for thispurpose was not possible, Devendra Bisht asked us if policecould help them get married here. I spoke to my seniors whogave permission.
"We helped with all arrangements for the wedding at ahall here, and a colleague Manoj Patil and his wife gave awaythe bride as per marriage rituals. The parents joined throughvideo call from Nagpur and Dehradun," he added.
Bisht's father is a retired Army colonel while Neha'sfather retired as a doctor from the Armed Forces MedicalCollege and is currently in the frontline in AIIMS Nagpurfighting the COVID-19 outbreak.
"We got engaged in February and were supposed to getmarried on May 2 in Dehradun. But the lockdown put paid to allthe plans. However, the help API Lonare and his team extendedwas unimaginable. We will aways be grateful to them," Adityatold . SPKBNM BNM