Phulbani, March 21: A 26-year-old woman succeeded in marrying a government officer who allegedly disowned their pre-marital relationship before the state women’s commission intervened.
The marriage of the 36-year-old block development officer (BDO) of Chakapad, Sanat Kumar Nayak was solemnised at the office of sub-registrar of Kandhamal in the presence of chairperson of the State Commission for women, senior officers, police and media persons, Kandhamal sub-collector Balaram Malik said.
A long counselling session by the Women Desk of police as well as the state Women Commission resulted in the marriage, he said.
Earlier, the woman had lodged a complaint with the Women’s Commission and superintendent of police alleging that the BDO had ditched her after having physical relationship with her with a false promise of marriage.
She further alleged Nayak had married her at Ram Mandir in Bhubaneswar in 2013 and both had a conjugal life. But Nayak was reluctant to accept her as his wife. She lodged a complaint against Nayak after knowing that he was planning to marry March 10. PTI
