Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Attempt to Child Marriage Foiled

Attempt to Child Marriage Foiled

SIRSA NEWS ( www.SirsaNews.com )

06 April, 2010

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MINOR GIRL’S MARRIAGE AVERTED

TIMELY intervention of the Anti-Child marriage Officer Sadhana Mittal along with Bada gudha police of the district successfully averted the marriage of a minor girl named Baljinder Kaur who had been living with her sister Veerpal Kaur in village Beeruwala Gudha. According to police sources veerpal kaur in collusion with her husband made an attempt to marry her minor sister with Deep Singh a resident of Beeruwala Gudha. On a tip off the SP. Satinder Kumar Gupta ordered the Bada Gudha police and also asked Sadhana mittal to rescue the minor girl from the ordeal of marriage. It may be recalled that it was the 3nd case of prevention of child marriage within the last 24 hours. In the other case the minor girl Geeta daughter of Deewan Chand a resident of village Neza Dalla was going to be married to Gurpreet son of Krishan Lal a resident of village Ban Sudhar. Now the parents of both the girls have given an undertaking that they would not marry their daughter till they attain majority.

Report: Dr OP Bansal

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