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UP: Marriage of 12-yr-old girl & 17 yr-old boy averted in Jaunpur

Jaunpur, Oct 28 (UNI) A wedding between a 12-year-old girl from the Musahar community and a 17-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district on Tuesday evening was stopped at the last minute by authorities after receiving information from Aastha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sanstha, a partner organisation of Just Rights for Children (JRC), India’s largest NGO network working for child protection.
The information came from a labourer working for an associate of the organisation. He mentioned that he needed to leave early to attend the wedding of a relative’s daughter. When the representative of the organisation asked about the girl’s age, the labourer disclosed that she was very young, did not want to marry and that her family was rushing ahead with the wedding.
Acting on the information, the organisation’s team reached the wedding venue in the Chandwak area and found that the preparations were nearly complete, with the family waiting for the ‘baraat’. The team alerted Childline, the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer and the police, following which a joint team reached the spot just as the rituals were underway.
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