SASARAM: A Sasaram court on Thursday allowed an incarcerated tutor to marry his student, with whom he had eloped five years ago. The court also granted bail to the tutor, who has been languishing in Sasaram jail since 2018 and gave custody of the student, who has also been in remand home since March 2019, to the tutor's elder brother for their marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.
According to sources, an FIR was lodged by the girl's father with Baddi police station against the coaching institute tutor, Awanit Kumar Ram, on November 15, 2017, alleging that his minor daughter, then a student of class VIII, was kidnapped by Awanit.
