Kolkata: Teen held for marrying minor

KOLKATA: A

teenager

, who has just turned adult, was arrested on Wednesday for

marrying

a 14-year-old girl at Tala a month ago. The girl has been sent to a shelter home. The arrested is a Galiff Street resident, Bijay Patra (18).


According to police, the case was registered based on an order by the Chairperson of

Child Welfare Committee

(Kolkata) and a complaint by sergeant Amit Das of Tala

police

station. The case was lodged under Section 9 of the

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act

, 2006. “The

minor

was found doing daily chores when we rescued her,” said an officer.


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