Widow 'drugged by in-laws and forced to re-marry' after flying to India for husband's funeral...

A woman who went to India for the funeral of her husband was kidnapped by his family and forced to marry her father-in-law’s nephew, a High Court judge was told today.

The 29-year-old Sikh was allegedly told she would be killed if she didn’t wed the 27-year-old groom, whom she eventually fled from and returned to the UK.

Today Mrs Justice Parker ordered that the marriage - which came two-and-a-half weeks after the death of the first husband - should be annulled because it was forced on the woman.

The judge, who barred identification of the parties to protect the woman, ordered that copies of her ruling should be sent to the Home Office and Metropolitan Police.

The wife told the judge today her first husband’s family in the Punjab was wealthy and influential and she was from a poor background. More...

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