Three child marriage bids foiled in Beed district

The police in Maharashtra's Beed foiled three child marriages in the district in one week and rescued three girls, an official said on Monday. The anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) of the Beed police on Sunday foiled a child marriage bid in Dahiphal in Beed tehsil, where a 15-year-old girl was reportedly being married off to a 24-year-old man, the official said. Two female officers dressed in plain clothes blended into the crowd and rescued the underage bride, while two male officers detained the groom, he said. Similarly, the AHTU thwarted child marriages at Jola in Kaij tehsil and Songaon in Beed tehsil, the official said, adding that three cases have been registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.

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