Shikrapur cops stop child marriage
Shikrapur cops stop child marriage
ByAnurag BendeAnurag Bende / Updated: Mar 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
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Police swung into action based on a tip-off to halt the ceremony just in time; several, including the would-be groom, are arrested
Abid of
child marriage was foiled by
Shikrapur police when they had arrested seven persons, including the groom, his parents and the mother of the
minor girl for forcing to marry her.
The child marriage bid was foiled at Dhanore village in Shrirur tehsil of
Pune district on Friday after the police got a tip-off about its preparation there. The police have also arrested the priest who was performing the religious ceremony for the marriage.
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