Ludhiana, Sept. 9 -- In a shocking incident at a wedding resort on Pakhowal Road, two men, posing as wedding guests, managed to escape with the purse of the groom's mother, which contained gold jewellery, cash, and mobile phones. The victims, who came from Panipat for the wedding of their son on September 5 when the theft took place.

The groom's family was celebrating the pre-wedding rituals of a young couple when the incident occurred. According to the complaint filed at Lalton police post, the groom's mother had handed over her purse to a relative, who placed it on a table while getting engaged in watching the pre-wedding video shoot of the bride and groom displayed on a large screen. The atmosphere became engrossed in the shoot, provi...