She told the police who came looking for her following a missing report from her father that she chose to elope on her own. She eloped with a history-sheeter, ditching the groom, also a constable.

Recent reports from Uttar Pradesh indicate a trend of brides eloping with lovers just before or after wedding ceremonies.

In Unnao in December last, a bride eloped with her lover shortly after the varmala (garland) ceremony. The bride told her father over the phone that she wanted to live with her lover. Last November, a bride in Barabanki went missing after dancing with the groom at the jaimala ceremony, leaving the family in shock. In Budaun in last June, a 20-year-old woman eloped with her lover a month after her marriage. In April last a woman in Aligarh eloped with her daughter's would-be son-in-law 10 days before the wedding, according to reports.