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Press Trust of India Andipatti (TN)
Last Updated : Jan 26 2015 | 6:50 PM IST
The marriage of a 16-year old
girl with a man slated today was prevented in the nick of time by police and Children Protection Cell officials near here.
Acting on a tip-off received by the Childline that the girl was to be married by at Rangasamuthiram, a team including local Inspector Nallu, Children Protection Cell Project Officer Sivakumar and Childline Coordinator Kanakaraj went to her house and stopped the wedding after talks with her parents.
They obtained a written undertaking from the girl's father that he would marry her off only after she completed 18 years of age, police said.

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First Published: Jan 26 2015 | 6:50 PM IST

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