Caught on camera: Mumbai Groom Tears his fiance's ₹32,000 lehenga with knife after heated argument
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A video recording the tense moment has now gone viral online.
India is a country where wedding attire often involves some important emotional and financial investment, and this episode is a quick and powerful reminder that tempers can quickly flare if anything goes haywire regarding it.
What exactly happened
The controversy began when the fiancée, Meghna Makhija, purchased a wedding lehenga worth ₹32,300 from a showroom in Kalyan. She decided it didn't suit her tastes and asked her fiancé, Sumit Sayani, to return it and request a refund.
When the store refused a refund and only offered an exchange, tensions increased. This led to a series of shocking events that could have proved life-threatening.
On July 19, Sayani entered the store carrying a knife. The video footage shows him confronting staff, slicing the lehenga into pieces, then lifting the blouse and tossing it onto the shredded outfit before storming off. He screamed threats, including: 'You'll be ripped apart like this, too.
Give me my money back.'
Social media reactions
The intense scene was captured on CCTV and quickly circulated on social media. Users expressed horror and concern. One commented, 'The would-be bride should RUN away from this man, as far as she can without looking BACK..!!' Another wrote, 'Red flag.. wonder what would happen after marriage,' and a third warned, 'No matter what the situation, this much anger is not justified under any circumstances.'
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What do media reports say?
According to a TOI report, the bride-to-be, Meghna Makhija, bought the lehenga on June 17. That very evening, she called the store to say she didn't like it and wanted to return it.
The store told her that instead of a refund, they could give her a credit note, which she could use to buy something else from the shop within two months.
A month later, Meghna visited the store again on a Saturday. A salesman informed her that they were running a stock clearance sale and asked her to come back the following month.
Soon after, her fiancé, Sumit Sayani, came into the showroom and demanded a refund. When the shopkeeper refused, he pulled out a knife and tore the lehenga apart, according to a complaint filed by the manager of Nakshatra showroom.
Other customers in the store were scared by the scene. The complaint also says that Sumit demanded Rs 3 lakh and threatened to leave a bad review about the store's service on Google.
Sumit was arrested but was granted bail soon after. According to Suraj Singh Gaund, senior inspector at Bazarpeth police station where the complaint was filed, the man admitted that he acted in a moment of anger.
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