Notorious dacoit Dillip Nayak tied knot with Bijayalaxmi inside Berhampur sub jail premises on Sunday.
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Berhampur (Orissa): Sunday was a fun day for the jail inmates as one of their friends in jail was marrying and that within the jail premises which is quite unusual. It was a life time experience for the jail inmates and for Dilip Nayak too.
It was the day of promise to transform him to accept the family responsibility and to become a common man to lead the normal life in the mainstream society.
Dilip Nayak, one of the notorious dacoits of 90s has got married with his childhood sweetheart Bijayalaxmi who hails from Dilip's maternal uncle's village, in Berhampur circle jail here on Sunday.
Dilip Nayak's name was a familiar one in the district of Ganjam in the 90s whose name was sending shivers in spine of the rich people. Dilip was a notorious dacoit during those days and was giving sleepless nights to the police department that was unable to nab him for quite some time.
Dilip had been arrested in connection with a murder case 1996 and was sentenced for life in the same year. Dilip was in news in those days for escaping from Berhampur circle jail in 1997. After 9 months of chasing, the Berhampur police could again caught Dilip and had then sent to the same jail at Berhampur in which Dilip has been staying since then.
During his stay in jail, Dillip stated to be changed by reading books Swami Vivekananda. He has read more than hundreds of books in the jail library. He has also been performing the Yoga in jail and teaching it even to his jail inmates through the years.
In these recent years, one of the frequent visitors who was coming to jail for the meeting with Dilip was his childhood friend Bijaylaxmi who stays just in front of Dilip's maternal uncle's house in Baibali village.
Dilip said that he knew Bijaylaxmi since his childhood and were close to each other. However, it was out of his expectation that one day he would fall in love with this simple girl. They came close after Dilip had then escaped from jail in 1997 and was leading a fugitive's life at Puri where Bijayalaxmi's sister was staying. They became close there and even after his arrest in 1998, Bijaylaxmi started to visit jail more frequently. But, it was last year when they had decided to get marry each other, stated Dilip while tying the knot at the Mandap inside Jail on Sunday.
The jail authorities acting on the request of Dilip, had appraised IG, prisons who has permitted for the marriage within the jail premises. As per the plan, both the childhood friends turned lovers got married on Sunday.
Dilip's father Sankarsan and mother Kumudini were present during marriage to perform the rituals while Sanjay Kumar Nayak, one jail inmate sentenced for life was acting as a brother of Bijaylaxmi was arranging the marriage inside the jail, a source added.
Inmates have arranged all the things including the launch party inside the jail. The Berhampur jail Superintendent and the Jailer along with the staffs were also present during the marriage ceremony of this known inmate and were personally supervising all the arrangements. Purohit Ramesh Mishra had performed the marriage rituals as per the Hindu tradition.
After the marriage ceremony, the bride would go back to the home and Dilip would remain within the confines of jail premises. Dilip's mother stated that they would take their bride to their home.
Meanwhile, Dilip has already completed BPP course through the IGNOU and has joined B.A. Dilip has also stated that he was happy with the marriage and his family responsibility, particularly towards his loved one had increase. So he would try to transform himself totally in order to lead a normal life in the mainstream society.
