A clip that has recently gone viral shows open exchange of crores in dowry at a wedding in Ghaziabad. In the now-viral video, a man can be seen proudly announcing lavish gifts received by the groom’s family, including a BMW car and more than Rs 1 crore in cash.
The footage spread quickly across social media, with many users condemning the public display of dowry and calling for stronger action under anti-dowry laws..
Dowry has been prohibited in India since the enactment of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
(The Tribune cannot verify authenticity of the viral clip)
The video was reportedly shared on X (formerly Twitter) by the account ‘yuva_aas’. The caption accompanying the viral post read, “1 BMW, 1 crore, 1 lakh, 11 thousand in cash—the girl’s family gave to the boy as dowry. The community’s ruin starts right from here; there must be some limit to taking or giving dowry."
Netizens react:
A user wrote, “I don’t understand why families give Rs 1 cr to the groom for marrying their daughter. Why not use that same money to help her start a business or if she’s not interested in running a business, they could buy her property worth cr. Why hand it over to the groom?”
“In the Subcontinent WE follow the Islam that pleasures Us! They’ll do Haldi, They’ll do Mehndi, They’ll take Dahej, They’ll play songs, there will be barat and eventually they deny when someone asks them to say Jai Shri Ram! Why can’t you? Well, you are doing all those things!" another person reacted.
Another person shared a different perspective, writing, “I view this issue differently. It is not about giving, giving publicly is a problem. How can you invalidate gifts given to own daughter or son-in-law. Such gift must be private affairs. If wealthy Muslim wants to give something to their own daughter? by your rule none can give."
“Might as well give him a set of bangles and a saree," another user wrote sarcastically.
