- AGARTALA: In an exemplary gesture against the evil of dowry, a newly wed government schoolteacher in Tripura Sunday donated Rs.48,000 to the chief minister's relief fund after selling the gifts received by him in marriage.
A resident of Dhanbilas village in northern Tripura, 37-year-old Bimal Singh Debbarma wedded Jesmi two months ago.
"Despite my strong opposition, my father-in-law Chandra Mohan Debbarma during the marriage ceremony gave furniture, gold and other valuables as customary dowry as Jesmi is his only daughter," Bimal said.
"I and Jesmi agreed to sell these gifts (dowry items) and donate the money to the chief minister's relief fund," said Bimal. Bimal handed over Rs.48,000, obtained from the sale of gifts, to Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty for depositing in the chief minister's relief fund.
"Bimal's donation to the chief minister's relief fund is an exemplary act against the system of dowry and deaths of married women," Chakraborty said.
