A child marriage has been foiled by police and Childline officials at Sarangpur village under the Khantapada police limits in Baleswar district on Saturday.
According to police, the parents of a minor girl had arranged her marriage to 35-year-old Sharat Kumar Moharana of Tudigadia village under the Khaira police station.
Getting information from the Khaira sub-centre of Childline Baleswar, police stopped the proposed marriage, which was scheduled to be held on the Valentine’s Day on Friday.
Acting on a tipoff, a team of Childline officials had reached the village of the bride. When they asked the parents for the girl’s birth certificate, locals allegedly attacked them and threatened them to kill if they created obstruction for the marriage move.
The officials without taking risk to life preferred to return to their office and informed police for their assistance.
Police rushed to the site and foiled the marriage. The groom, who was on the way to the wedding venue, had to return to his home.