3,400 Bihar men kidnapped for forced marriage in 2017
Over 3,400 youths in Bihar were kidnapped for forced marriages as part of a custom known as 'Pakadua Vivah' in 2017, according to Bihar Police. ''In most of the cases, Pakadua Vivah was solemnised at gunpoint or threats to their life and their families," officials said. In 2016, 3,070 youths were kidnapped for forced marriage, the police added.