2 women among 5 booked under child marriage Act

The police have booked five people under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and POCSO Act for allegedly marrying off a minor girl.

The minor girl (17), a resident of Yamunanagar, in her complaint to the police, stated that after a dispute with her father, she came to Pehowa to stay with a woman known to her. After a couple of days, the woman started forcing her to have physical relations with two men. Later, she was married to a Karnal resident.

“I was married without my consent and sent with them forcefully. He also consummated the marriage. After I came to know about the poor health condition of my mother, I asked my husband to take me to my mother, but he refused. I managed to escape, but they caught me near Taraori,” she alleged.

Her aunt allegedly took Rs 2.5 lakh from the groom's side for the marriage. Following the girl's complaint, a case was registered at City Pehowa police station against five people, including two women.

SHO Jan Pal Singh said, “The girl has claimed that she was forced to make physical relations. She was married off to a Karnal resident, and as per information so far, they were informed that the parents of the girl had died. But after they came to know that the girl’s parents are alive, they left her back at the accused woman's house in Pehowa. Meanwhile, her real aunt in Pehowa came to know about the incident, and she, along with the minor's parents, approached us. A case has been registered. The accused are on the run and will be arrested soon.”