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Gay couple to part ways following parents' pressure
Just two days after the first such public marriage in Manipur, a gay couple have agreed mutually to part ways following stiff resistance from their parents, police said on Saturday.
Updated on: Mar 27, 2010, 14:22:58 IST
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Just two days after the first such public marriage in Manipur, a gay couple have agreed mutually to part ways following stiff resistance from their parents, police said on Saturday.
Parents of 26-year-old Soibam Sandip and 28-year-old Nikhil Hidangmayum had filed a complaint with Shingjamei police station in Imphal West district against the wedding held in Christian-style on Wednesday. The officer-in-charge of the police station counselled the gay couple, following which they agreed for a divorce, they said.
According to the parents, the marriage was conducted without their permission, although invitation cards were sent out to their friends about a week earlier.
Sandip works in a beauty parlour run by Nikhil.
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