A child marriage was prevented on Sunday evening after intervention of a rights activist and police at Godimagura village under Badachana police station limits here.
The marriage of a 15- year-old girl, a Class IX student of Bhagabati Upper Primary School, with 28-year-old Ranjan Pradhan of Gaudasola village was prevented after police rushed to the Biswambeswar temple in the village, where the marriage was being solemnised.“Groom Ranjan Pradhan of Goudasola village was to marry elder sister of the minor girl on Saturday. However, Bhakta Charana Bhadra, father of minor girl Jhumuri Bhadra, agreed to marry off his underage daughter after his elder daughter eloped with a man on the marriage day. But the minor girl refused to marry Ranjan,” said IIC of Barachana police station RK Sahoo, adding that police soon rushed to the spot and stopped the marriage.