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Pakadua marriage: When vows were exchanged at gunpoint in BiharSource: GISTPakadua vivah -a term used in Bihar for groom kidnapping and forceful marriage. The Pakadua vivah of an engineer, Vinod Kumar, in Patna got national attention when the video went viral across social media. A practice prevalent in Bihar to kidnap bachelor males to forcefully marry girls. The Pakadua vivah is the oldest social problem in the state because of high demand of dowry. The engineer was abducted by the girl’s family and was forced to marry at gunpoint..