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Seven booked for conducting child marriage in Madhya Pradesh
Updated On: 24 May, 2024 07:59 AM IST | Indore | PTI
The Madhya Pradesh government started a campaign called Lado Abhiyan in 2013 to keep a check on child marriages
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Police on Thursday registered a case against seven persons, including a priest and the parents of a 15-year-old girl and a man aged 19, for solemnising their marriage, an official said. They were married as per the Hindu customs on April 24, he said.
Chandan Nagar police filed a case against them under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. The Madhya Pradesh government started a campaign called Lado Abhiyan in 2013 to keep a check on child marriages.
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