Child marriage averted, minor girl rescued in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police She Team from LB Nagar division along with Child Welfare Department officials averted a child marriage and rescued a minor girl at Bandlaguda late on Sunday. The parents of the minor girl from Ajaynagar Colony area had fixed her wedding with a youngster, who is a distant relative and belongs to […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police She Team from LB Nagar division along with Child Welfare Department officials averted a child marriage and rescued a minor girl at Bandlaguda late on Sunday.

The parents of the minor girl from Ajaynagar Colony area had fixed her wedding with a youngster, who is a distant relative and belongs to their native place. “We received information that elders of both sides had fixed the wedding. We went to their houses and counseled their families on the negative impacts of early marriages and others. They then called off the wedding,” police said.

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Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M. Bhagwat, appreciating the good work of the She Teams, requested citizens not to encourage child marriages as it was a crime. Priests, wedding invitation printers, elders and supporters of the marriage and parents of the child would be held responsible, he said, adding that citizens could report child marriages on Dial 100 facility or the Rachakonda Police WhatsApp number – 9490617111.

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