This marriage has become a topic of discussion among the people after the pictures of a 70-year-old man marrying his 28-year-old daughter-in-law in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district went viral on social media. Kailash Yadav (70), the watchman of Barhalganj police station, is a resident of Chhapia Umrao village in the area.
Five days ago he married his widowed daughter-in-law Pooja in a temple. Pooja is just 28 years old and has been living with her father-in-law since her husband’s death 4 years back. Pooja is 42 years younger to Kailash, but she has married him out of her own free will. Barhalganj police station has confirmed that no complaint has been lodged from either side regarding this unique marriage.
According to the police, Kailash had three sons, of whom Pooja’s husband was the youngest. His elder son also lives in Chhapia Umrao village while the other son cooks food for Barhalganj police station. According to the local people, since Pooja’s husband died shortly after their marriage, she has no children and Kailash’s wife passed away 12 years ago.
He told that for the last few months some people were showing interest in marrying Pooja but Kailash himself proposed marriage to her after which both of them got married in a temple.
