A man who shocked many in India by leaving his
wife and marrying his mother-in-law has now
realized his foolishness and filed for divorce.
The man identified as Suraj Mahto, 22, came to limelight after
he abandoned his wife Lalita and married her mother, 42-
year-old Asha Devi. According to reports, the unusual affair
began when Mrs Devi came to stay with the couple in the
village of Puraini in the impoverished state of Bihar last year.
It was gathered that Devi looked after Mr Mahto when he
became ill and they fell in forbidden love. After the mother-
in-law returned home, he would call her and they would talk
for hours on the phone and would also visit her at her
home.
When Lalita found out about the affair she told her mother to
stay away but she refused; even the girl’s father could not
do anything to stop the forbidden affair.
Even though everyone in the village frowned at the
forbidden love, the couple eloped and married on June 1 this
year in nearby Dhamdaha. Two months on the couple have
both realised they have made a crazy mistake.
The Gulf News reported that Mr Mahto said: ‘I have come to
realise my folly now. I admit I have committed the mistake
but will never repeat in future.
‘Now, I no longer treat her as my wife. Rather, I have started
paying her regard as a mother.’
He said he would go on bended knee and beg Lalita to have
him back. The couple have a son together.
Mrs Devi is also seeking to undo her actions.
She said of Mr Mahto: ‘No longer do I treat him as my
husband but as a son-in-law. We have already a filed
divorce petition in the court and I want to return to my
husband as soon as possible.’
