Seven booked for conducting child marriage in MP

May 24, 2024 00:46

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The police on Thursday registered a case against seven persons, including a priest and the parents of a 15-year-old girl and a man aged 19, for solemnising their marriage, an official said.

They were married as per the Hindu customs on April 24, he said.

Chandan Nagar police filed a case against them under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.

The Madhya Pradesh government started a campaign called Lado Abhiyan in 2013 to keep a check on child marriages.

Mahendra Pathak, who is part of the flying squad under this campaign, said the minor girl's father told them that his daughter and the 19-year-old man were in love with each other.

The girl had even threatened that them if they don't let her marry him, she would end her own life, he said. -- PTI

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