Dubai-Returned Groom and 150 Guests Stranded as Instagram Bride Disappears in Punjab
After three years of online communication, a groom and his family arrived for a wedding in Moga, Punjab, only to find the bride missing and the venue nonexistent.
- Deepak Kumar, a 24-year-old laborer from Dubai, had been in a three-year online relationship with Manpreet Kaur, whom he had never met in person.
- The wedding was arranged by phone between the families, and the groom traveled to Moga with a 'baraat' of 150 guests for the ceremony.
- Upon arrival, the groom discovered that the wedding venue, 'Rose Garden Palace,' did not exist, and the bride's phone was switched off.
- Deepak claimed to have transferred ₹50,000 to the bride for wedding expenses and had made other arrangements, including catering and transportation.
- Police in Moga have received a complaint from the groom, and an investigation into the incident is underway.
Hindustan Times 
