Gay couple to part ways following parents' pressure

Manipur: Just two days after the first such public marriage in Manipur, a gay couple have agreed mutually to part ways following stiff resistance from their parents, police said on Saturday.
     
Parents of 26-year-old Soibam Sandip and 28-year-old Nikhil Hidangmayum had filed a complaint with Shingjamei police station in Imphal West district against the wedding held in Christian-style on Wednesday. The officer-in-charge of the police station counselled the gay couple, following which they agreed for a divorce, they said.
    
According to the parents, the marriage was conducted without their permission, although invitation cards were sent out to their friends about a week earlier.
    
Sandip works in a beauty parlour run by Nikhil.