Never would have one thought that spending too much time on mobile messaging app- WhatsApp could become a reason for a marriage being called-off. But in a bizarre incident, a family in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district called off the marriage for that very reason. The bridegrooms' family cancelled the marriage stating that the bride spent long hours on WhatsApp, said the local police.

According to a report in English daily the Hindustan Times, the bride's family were in for a rude shock when they learnt on phone that the marriage had been called off owing to the girl's habit of spending excessive time on WhatsApp. Trial in Criminal Case Through WhatsApp! Supreme Court Enraged, Asks 'Is it a Joke?'

The bride's family was waiting in Naugaon Sadat village for the bridegroom and relatives when they received the phone call regarding the marriage being called off. They were all shocked when they learnt about the reason why the marriage was called off.

However, the bride's family has rubbished the claims and said that the real reason for the groom's family cancelling the marriage is dowry. The family said that the boy's family had been demanding dowry at the last minute.

Even the police was quoted saying in the report that the bride's father had lodged a case against the bridegroom's family. He accused the groom's family of demanding Rs 65 lakh as dowry.

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