Lakhni. The Lakhani police have registered a case against the husband of a minor for marrying her within the police station limits, but also against her parents and mother-in-law and other relatives.a minor, crime registered against husband a minor, crime registered against husband Marriage of a minor This case has been registered because of conducting the marriage ceremony despite not being aware of it. Investigation under Child Marriage Act and POCSO is going on under the guidance of Police Inspector Milind Tayde.
In February 2022, a minor girl was married in a village under Lakhni police station area with a young man from Sadak Arjuni tehsil of Gondia district. The bride was 17 years 3 months 5 days old at the time of this marriage. The marriage ceremony was performed despite everyone being aware of this in the maternal and in-laws’ house. Despite being below the legal age for marriage, she was married.
The victim is currently 6 months pregnant. For this reason, a complaint was lodged on behalf of Nepal Dashrath Gotefode against her husband, parents, in-laws and other relatives of the in-laws at Lakhni police station. Devanand Sudam A case has been registered against Ilamkar (48), Meenakshi Devanand Ilamkar (42), Hitesh Rajesh Wasnik (24), his parents and other in-laws’ relatives. Police sub-inspector Gauri Uike is conducting further investigation under the guidance of police inspector Milind Tayde.
mystery unfolded like this
The marriage of the unmarried girl took place according to the social customs. When the Gram Sevak checked the educational documents of the bride and groom for marriage registration, he realized that the bride was underage at the time of marriage. The gram sevak informed the police about this. This is how this mystery came to the fore.
