12 booked for forcing Thane teen into marriage

The complainant was taken to Gujarat with an excuse of a temple visit, only to get married to one of the accused

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Thane, Mumbai, Updated At : 10:22 AM Dec 27, 2024 IST

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Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have booked 12 persons, seven of them identified, for allegedly kidnapping a teenager and forcing her into marriage, an official said on Friday.

The 18-year-old complainant told the police that she was first taken to Navsari in Gujarat under the pretext of a temple visit and then to a relative’s place in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

The teenager told the Kalwa police that her relatives forcibly got her married to one of the accused persons.

A case has been registered, against the 12, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for kidnapping, criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement. Seven of them have been identified so far, the official said.

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