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Septuagenarian ties marital knot with 42-year-old woman



MUGU: An elderly man, 70, and a 42-year-old woman have tied the knot in a court marriage first ever of this kind in the district, according to the District Court, Mugu.

District Judge Dil Kumar Bardewa confirmed that the court marriage was first in the district as of now.

Pyari Lal Kafle of Soru Rural Municipality-7 and Janaki Rokaya of Khatyad Rural Municipality got married through a legal process.

“Although we have an age difference of 28 years, I consented on my own,” said Rokaya.

Judge Bardewa provided a marriage certificate to the couple. This was the second marriage for both of them. Kafle’s first wife died on 4 October 2020, and Rokaya got divorced from her first husband on 19 December 2022.

Both of them agreed to tie the knot, said the court registrar Gobinda Acharya. People gathered in the court to see the couple.

Publish Date : 16 April 2023 21:38 PM

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