Goa, Nov. 15 -- A cross-border romance that blossomed on a dating app took an unexpected and dramatic turn in Rajasthan's Kotputli-Behror district, after an Indian man allegedly called off his wedding upon discovering his Canadian fiancee's true age. The dispute escalated quickly, prompting the woman to seek intervention from the Canadian Embassy and resulting in local police taking the man into custody for questioning.

According to Surendra Yadav, Station House Officer (SHO) at the Neemrana police station, the pair-a Canadian national and a man identified as Nitin, originally from Panipat in Haryana-first connected online roughly a year ago. Over twelve months of regular communication, their initial acquaintance deepened into a close bo...