Marriage of 19-year-old man stopped in Jind

Gurgaon | Sunday | 23rd September, 2018

Summary:

JIND: Jind district special cell for women and child protection stopped the marriage of a 19-year-old man with a 21-year-old woman on Saturday. “Now, as per the direction of the officials, I will marry only after I reach the age of 21,” he said. The youth said he came in contact with the woman through Facebook and after being friends for some time they decided to get married. According to information, the youth was engaged to the woman, who hails from Bahadurgarh town of Jhajjar distirct, and their marriage was scheduled on Friday.Someone informed the Jind police about the youth being below the minimum age of 21 for men to marry. He said his mother was not well so he decided to marry soon..