India, May 5 -- What was supposed to be her special day turned tragic for a 22-year-old bride-to-be in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun who died of cardiac arrest during her Haldi ceremony in Noorpur Pinauni village, just a day before her scheduled wedding.

According to PTI news agency, the young woman, Diksha, was dancing with her sisters and relatives during her Haldi ceremony on Sunday night when she suddenly began to feel unwell.

Then she excused herself and went to the bathroom, where she allegedly collapsed and died of cardiac arrest, her family said.

Her father, Dinesh Pal Singh, said that when the woman hadn't come out for a long time, the family members knocked on the door but received no response.

When they broke the door open, to fou...