Overview
- The couple, who married Tuesday in Lavkushnagar in Chhatarpur, held a Hindu-ritual ceremony after a relationship that began inside Satna Central Jail.
- Assistant jail superintendent Firoza Khatoon met Dharmendra Singh while she oversaw the warrant branch and he handled warrant paperwork assigned for good conduct.
- Singh was convicted of the 2007 murder of Krishna Dutt Dixit, served nearly 14 years in prison, and was released about four years ago for good conduct.
- Khatoon’s relatives did not attend as VHP district vice-president Rajbahadur Mishra performed kanyadaan, a Hindu rite in which a guardian gives the bride to the groom, with Bajrang Dal members present.
- Photos and reports of the interfaith wedding spread widely, jail staff and inmates offered congratulations, and no official inquiry or disciplinary action has been reported.