The team went to Damoh to stop child marriage while giving advice. – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion Akshaya Tritiya is an auspicious time for marriage and people get their children married. year old girl’s marriage Tendukheda in a village under Tejgarh police station area of Damoh. year old boy living in the police station area. The matter reached Childline in the midst of the marriage rituals. She contacted the police and the team of Women and Child Development Department and got the marriage stopped. Officer and police reached the boy’s house. Saw the documents of the girl’s age, Aadhaar card and school admission. It came to know that the age of the girl is years and 8 months. According to the mark sheet of the boy, he is years old. It was told to the bride and groom that the age of the girl under child marriage surplus 1682158224 is 21 years below and the age of the boy is 1682158224 If it is less than one year, then it is considered as child marriage. There is a provision of fine of one lakh rupees and imprisonment of two years on every person participating in this marriage. The family members of the girl told that we did not have any legal knowledge. Because of this they were getting married. Now we are stopping the marriage. The officers also went to the boy’s place. Checked his mark sheet also. The family members were reluctant to give the proof of age and residence to the team. Started saying who has complained. Our name has become infamous, so now we will not do this marriage. Child Line Counselor Deepika Thakur, SI Pradeep Chowdhary and Nandram Ahirwar and Aganwadi worker Archana Ahirwar from Women and Child Development Department from the Child Marriage Prevention Team jointly took this action. ,
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