Father of 3 arrested for marrying minor in Bihar

Patna Jan 18 (IANS) Days ahead of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s "human chain against child marriage" event police on Thursday said they have arrested a man in Samastipur district for marrying a minor girl.

Mohd Saddam who lives in Haripur village is already a father of three.

"Child marriage is not only illegal it is a punishable crime and police have arrested one such offender " Dilnawaz Ahmad a district police official said.

According to police officials the minor belongs to a poor family forcing her parents to marry her off.

Earlier this week a court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Madhubani district sentenced jail to a minor girl s parents for marrying their daughter off.

Both the incidents occurred days ahead of Nitish Kumar s much hyped "human chain" against child marriage and dowry event scheduled on January 21.

The Bihar government plans to form "the world s longest human chain against child marriage and dowry".

Nitish Kumar launched a massive campaign against the child marriage and dowry in the state on October 2 2017.

--IANS
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