For Rs 15,000, parents marry off 14-year-old girl to 46-year-old man in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, September 10

The Karnataka Police said on Saturday that it arrested the 46-year-old husband and parents of a 14-year-old girl on charges of child marriage in Yelahanka New Town of Bengaluru.

The police have now launched a hunt for the priest, who conducted the marriage.

The girl, a school dropout, has been sent to the custody of Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and is presently kept in a government shelter for women in Wilson Garden of Bengaluru.

The accused husband is identified as N. Guruprasad, a landlord from Chikkabettahalli.

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