Hyderabad, Oct 26 The city police have prevented the marriage of a 17-year-old girl here and registered a case against three people, including the parents of the victim.
Acting on credible information that a girl was to be married at a premises within the limits of Kalapathar Police Station on October 2, a police team conducted a raid at the premises and found the girl being married to a 42-year-old man, who was reportedly working as a cab driver in Dubai, a police release said.
The police intervened immediately and stopped the marriage. The Child Marriage Helpline was informed, and a complaint was received.
Accordingly, a criminal case was registered at Kalapathar Police Station under relevant sections of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, against the groom, a mediator and the parents of the minor girl, DCP (Rajendra Nagar Zone) S Sreenivas said.
The police intervention prevented the child marriage and helped protect the minor girl’s rights and future. Subsequently, the girl joined a degree college to continue her higher education, police added.
(PTI News)
