Villagers at a wedding in eastern India decided the groom had arrived too drunk to get married, and so the bride married the groom's more sober brother instead, police said on Monday.

"The groom was drunk and had reportedly misbehaved with guests when the bride's family and local villagers chased him away," Madho Singh, a witness, told Reuters after Sunday's marriage in a village in Bihar state's Arwal district.

Witnesses said the younger brother agreed to take the groom's place beside the teenage bride at her family's invitation.

"The groom apologised for his behaviour, but has been crying that word will spread and he will never get a bride," Mr Singh said.

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