Bride runs away with gold, cash on previous day of wedding

KALLARA: A bride ran away with gold and cash on the previous day of her wedding. The girl aged 19 and a native of Madavoor ran away with 26-year-old youth of Kurunjilakadu. The wedding was to take place Thursday morning at an auditorium in Pallikkal. The groom and his relatives were at the bride’s house till 11 pm last night. She behaved very normally when they came with the ‘pudava’ and after all her relatives slept, she took the gold and the cash received as present with the youth. The broker who brought the proposal informed the groom’s relatives about the incident. The disappearance of the bride just hours before the wedding ceremony left the groom and family worried. The Kallarada police started a probe on the complaint lodged by the groom’s relatives.