Villagers waylay officials, no halt to child marriage in Warangal
3 years, 11 months ago

Villagers waylay officials, no halt to child marriage in Warangal

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: A team of officials who went to stop the wedding of an under-age girl in Tallakunta thanda under Wardhannapet mandal was turned away by villagers on Wednesday night. The villagers got into an altercation with child protection officers, police and ICDS officials around 11pm. District child development officer G Mahender Reddy said the villagers paid no heed to the words of the officials and abused them. CDPO Padma, supervisor Hemalatha, Wardhannapet police sub-inspector Vamsi Krishna, child protection officer Raju and police constables left the village without being able to halt the marriage event. Wardhannapet sub-inspector Vamshi Krishna said a case under sections 186, 188 of the IPC and sections 9 and 10 of the Prevention of Child Marriage Act 2006 has been registered.

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