Four arrested in case of child marriage, released on bail

Ludhiana | Sunday | 15th July, 2018

Summary:

The police team arrested four accused in connection with the case and registered a case at Parao police station.On the complaint of Arwinderjit Kaur, protection and child marriage prohibition officer (special cell women police), Ambala, the Parao police have 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 Indian Penal Code against four accused. AMBALA: The district police have arrested four accused on charges of marrying off a minor girl. Rajbala fixed Kajal’s marriage with Hema’s brother-in-law Anil and Saturday was the wedding day of Anil and Kajal. Hence, a complaint in this regard was registered with the Parao police.Satinder said, "We arrested four accused in this case who were presented before the court and as per court orders, they have been released on bail on Sunday." The children's father had died three years ago, after which Rajbala started working as a maid at different homes in the area..