An army jawan’s plan to ditch a female constable, whom he was in a relationship with, to go ahead with his arranged marriage with a teacher failed spectacularly when he ended up marrying the constable, lying to the teacher and getting himself and his parents thrown in prison.

The police said the jawan, Ananda Sukhdev Bodhak, was in a relationship with the constable and was supposed to have an arranged marriage with the teacher. He wanted to end the relationship with his lover ahead of the marriage, slated for May 7.