Hyderabad: A judicial inquiry will be conducted by a particular magistrate into the youngster marriage incident took location in Keshampet on Monday. Officers of Constructed-in Child Pattern Plot (ICDS) on Monday lodged a criticism with Keshampet police pointing out the victim, a 12-one year-feeble girl, used to be kidnapped by her uncle Ravinder and used to be married to him on Might perchance also 12 within the presence of victim’s fogeys T. Gopal and Yellamma.
Ironically, the police did no longer give any response referring to the placement of the case and no arrests were made to this level.
The Keshampet police registered a case of kidnapping and youngster marriage below the Child marriage Act and Protection of Childhood from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) against the victim’s household people and they had been taken into custody.
“We registered a case of kidnapping against the victim’s uncle Ravinder who is absconding,” Keshampet police inspector T. Praveen Kumar mentioned.
“We’re making efforts to nab him and investigating whether or no longer one other person might perchance well well be enraged about the forcible marriage,” Praveen mentioned. “Äs per the Child Marriage Act, the oldsters, mediators and the person whom the victim used to be married to desires to be arrested. Or no longer it is a grave offence,” B. V. Seshagiri, a senior recommend practicing criminal legislation and serving the Forensic Science Laboratories mentioned. “Furthermore, or no longer it is a void marriage but the offence is grave and punishable,” Seshagari mentioned. Within the interim, the victim has been stationed in Sakhi Rescue House at Vanasthalipuram since Monday and is monitored by the ICDS crew.
“This case is heavenly. The magistrate, alongside with the district collector, will meet the victim and her fogeys and file their statements and then reach to a conclusion on the build the victim desires to finish and feels safe,” D. Vijaylakshmi, extension officer (EO), ICDS mentioned.
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