Bride dies in India during wedding, groom marries her sister

After a bride collapsed and died at her own wedding in Uttar Pradesh, India, her sister reportedly married the groom, Report informs referring to the Times of India.

Surabhi and Mangesh Kumar were tying the knot in a Hindu ceremony on May 27 when during the exchange of the garlands, Surabhi collapsed.

A doctor was called, who then pronounced her dead of an apparent heart attack.

The bride and groom’s families agreed that the wedding would still go on and the bride’s younger sister, Nisha, would marry Mangesh.

In an interview with Times of India, Surabhi’s brother Saurabh said that the wedding of his younger sister taking place while the dead body of his other sister laid another room “was a bizarre situation.”

Surabhi’s uncle Ajab Singh said that they had “never witnessed such mixed emotions” and that the grief over Surabhi’s death and the happiness of Mangesh and Nisha’s wedding had “yet to sink in.”