Lesbian marriage breaks up, girl slits wrist in court

BATALA: One of the two Sikh girls who entered into a lesbian marriage here last month slit her wrist in a court complex after their relationship "broke up" and has been arrested for attempting suicide.

Twenty-one-year-old Baljit Kaur, the 'husband', took the step in the court of Judicial Magistrate Dimple Walia after Rajwant Kaur, 20, gave a statement that she did not want to continue the relationship, Senior Superintendent of Police R N Dhoke told reporters.

He said Baljit was immediately arrested and the court remanded her in judicial custody till July 19. Dhoke alleged that the marriage "broke up" as Baljit was having affairs with several boys.

Hailing from Jat Sikh families in Hassanpur Khurd and neighbouringassanpur Kalan villages in Gurdaspur district,  the two girls made news on June 15 by announcing their "marriage", the second single sex union in Punjab after 'Raju' and Mala of Amritsar.

Baljit and Rajwant had run away from their homes on June 3, wedded at Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and reportedly vowed to fight religion and society to make the marriage a success.

The couple had been staying at a women's home in Patiala and were traced by their parents late on Tuesday night.
   
They lodged a complaint with Sadar police station that Baljit lured their daughter by claiming to take her to Canada after which the girls were detained by the police.