On Valentine's day, Saffron activists forcibly marry off couples
PTI: New Delhi, Feb 15 2013, 00:40 IST
while florists worked through the night preparing heart-shaped bouquets for the day, gift shops and restaurants prepared special deals and packages. SPAs and salons are also offering pampering sessions for couples on discounted prices.
In Allahabad, over 500 "green Kumbh" participants from more than 45 countries carried out a rally at the Maha Kumbh mela to declare river Ganga as country's 'green valentine'.
Meanwhile, parents of a girl held demonstrations at Kushaiguda police station alleging that the members of the right-wing Hindu organisation conducted the marriage of their daughter, who, they claimed is a minor.
They further alleged that the girl is a cousin to one Raju, a painter with whom her marriage was solemnised by the activists.
They had already lodged a complaint with Banjara Hill police station last night after the girl went missing, they said adding that that the activist who spotted Raju with the girl today had performed their marriage.
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