Unnao: A man who kept his bride in dark about his baldness paid for it in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district.
The bride discovered the secret in the middle of the wedding ceremony.
Only the main rituals were to be performed in the early morning the other day, according to India Today.
It just happened that as the groom walked on the dais, he fainted.
Shocking the bride, his wig came off revealing his bald head.
Seeing the gleaming bald head, the bride refused to marry him.
No amount of persuasion by her family would move the woman a bit, she dug her heels in.
Both the bride and groom were then taken to the local police where the woman stood firm in her decision.
Later at the panchayat meeting, the bride's family claimed compensation as they claimed to have spent Rs 5.66 lakh for the marriage.
The groom's side had no choice but agree to their demands, and paid the money.
The bride's uncle said that if the groom's side disclosed about baldness in advance, they could have helped the bride mentally prepared for it.
He added that a marriage could not be started on falsehood.
Police said that they tried to talk the bride out of her decision but gave up eventually.
A months before another woman in UP refused to marry after discovering in the middle of the ceremony that the groom was bald.