17-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Marrying Minor Girl In Delhi: Cops

 A 17-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly marrying a minor girl and impregnating her in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar area, police said on Wednesday.

According to police, a PCR call was received on Monday from Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) hospital that a seven-month minor pregnant girl has come to the facility for check up.

Police reached the hospital where the minor girl, a resident of West Bengal, told them that she and her cousin loved each other. They performed 'nikah' in West Bengal on August 25, 2022, a senior police officer said.

In January, they came to Delhi and started living in a rented accommodation at West Jawahar Park, police said.

She came to LBS hospital for routine check up on Monday and being a minor, the doctor attending her called Sakhi centre and also informed the police, they said.

Subsequently, a case under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered, police said.

After her counselling and medical examination, the girl was kept under hospital observation while the boy was apprehended and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Tuesday, they said.

The JJB released the juvenile on an undertaking and fixed the next date of hearing for age verification. Further investigation is in progress, they added.



from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/6cxtSXy

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Modi Does What He Promises": PM On Why People Trust His 'Guarantees'

Highlighting his recent state election slogan, "Modi ki Guarantee," Prime Minister Modi asserted that the country trusts his guarantee because he diligently works to fulfill them. During a one-day visit to Ayodhya, he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 46 projects worth Rs 15,700 crore. The events included the inauguration of Ayodhya Dham Junction, Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, and the flagging off of 6 Vande Bharat and 2 Amrit Bharat trains. "The strength of Modi's guarantee lies in the fact that Modi does what he promises. Today, the country has faith in Modi's guarantee because he puts in all his efforts to fulfill the guarantees he gives. This city of Ayodhya is also a witness to this," he stated. Expressing eagerness for the upcoming consecration at the Ram Temple, PM Modi proclaimed himself a devotee of every particle and person in India. PM Modi reached Ayodhya on a one-day visit, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation
Read more

'800-Strong Mob Intended To Cause Death': Probe Agency On Bengal Attack

Giving chilling details about the attack on its officials, allegedly by supporters of a Trinamool Congress leader, the Enforcement Directorate has said the mob consisted of 800-1,000 people and that there was an "intention to cause death". The agency said three of its officials were severely injured and that people in the mob robbed its personnel of their belongings, including mobile phones, wallets and laptops.  The attack occurred in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Friday, when an Enforcement Directorate team - accompanied by personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - was carrying out searches at three premises belonging to Trinamool leader Sahajahan Sheikh in connection with the alleged Public Distribution Scam.  While the Trinamool Congress called the incident "a BJP conspiracy" and claimed "unruly elements attached with the central agencies provoked locals", the BJP has dubbed the continuance of the rul
Read more