Minor married, 4 of family held

Gurgaon | Monday | 16th July, 2018

Summary:

The arrested persons have been identified as Anil, the groom; Vikram, Anil's elder brother and Harikesh, father of Anil. On receiving the information, a team raided the venue demanding birth proof of the girl. Badola and Arwinderjit led the police team from Parao police station to the venue of marriage.“We had arrested four accused in the case, who were presented before court and subsequently were released on bail,” said Satinder. AMBALA: The district police arrested four persons in a case involving marriage of a minor girl after a member of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in Haryana informed the cops via phone about the marriage being held at the Rangia Mandi in Ambala cantonment The family of groom were at the venue for the marriage ceremony. The victim has been identified as 15-year-old Kajal.Arwinderjit Kaur, protection and child marriage prohibition official of special cell for women police registered a case under section 9 (punishment for male adult marrying a child), 10 (punishment for solemnising a child marriage) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of IPC against the accused..