Minor girl’s marriage foiled in Telangana’s Asifabad

Child Protection Department explains legal and health consequences of child marriage to the parents, who agree to cancel the marriage

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Officials of the Child Protection Department in association with the police and the Women Development and Child Welfare Department stopped the marriage of a minor girl by counselling her parents at Battupalli village in Kagaznagar mandal on Saturday.

District Child Protection Officer Burla Mahesh, in a statement, said they could avert the wedding of the minor girl with a boy from Balajinagar in Kagaznagar town slated for February 23 by providing counselling to parents of the bride and groom, following a tip-off. The girl was shifted to Sakhi-one stop centre for counselling.

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Mahesh stated that they explained legal and health consequences of the child marriage to the parents who agreed to cancel the marriage. He advised the public to report child marriages by contacting toll-free numbers 1098 or 112.