'Band, baaja, baraat' but wedding in limbo

Jaipur, April 26: Rajasthan’s Shaitan Singh got engaged to Kesar Kanwar from Pakistan’s Sindh province four years ago.

- INDIAN GROOM STUCK AT ATTARI-WAGAH BORDER

As the groom’s family struggled for years to get visas, the cross-border wedding was hit by another hurdle when the government closed the Attari border Thursday.

With his wedding attire ready and all set to tie the knot in Pakistan’s Amarkot city April 30, Singh along with his family and ‘baraat’ set out from Barmer district for the Atari border Tuesday.

But by the time they reached there, authorities refused to let them cross the border as India Wednesday ordered an immediate shutdown of the Attari-Wagah border as part of a series of retaliatory steps following the tragic Pahalgam terror attack.