Kanpur:Within a few days of its launch, the Pink police, which came into existence last week in Kidwainagar, helped a lover couple tie the knot on Friday by arranging their wedding in the premises of the police outpost with the consent of their families.The couple — Ashutosh Srivastava, who works as a receptionist at a private hospital in Sarvodaya Nagar the city and Shobha, basically a native of Kerala and employed as a nurse at the same hospital — were in a relationship for more than four years. “Shobha wanted to tie the knot, but Ashutosh owing to his parent’s disapproval, was not keen on marrying her,” said a police officer.Later, Shobha approached Pink police to register a report against Ashutosh. The police, however, suggested Shobha to allow it sort out the issue. After going through the case, it was found that the duo were adults and wanted to get married.The police summoned their family members and counselled them.“Finally, with the mutual consent of their parents a wedding ceremony was organised in our police outpost with Hindu rituals,” Pink police outpost in-charge Nirmala Kumari told TOI.Locals assembled at Pink police outpost posed and for selfie with the couple and police. They also made video clips of the couple taking oath and accepting each other as husband and wife in front of the cops.Neelam Chaturvedi, president of a women’s organisation, Mahila Manch, said, “We are extremely happy the way Pink police took care of the couple’s sentiments and arranged wedding as per Hindu rituals and traditions.”

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