Child marriage: Members of mosque committee booked in Bengaluru

The metropolis constabulary person registered a lawsuit against the caput of a mosque, among others, for allegedly solemnising the matrimony of a 16-year-old miss successful Anepalya a fewer days ago. They person been booked nether the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929. 

The incidental came to airy erstwhile a city-based advocate, Hussain Owais S., tipped disconnected astir the matrimony of a 16-year-old miss to a 20-year-old boy, lodged a ailment with the State and metropolis constabulary chiefs and the Child Welfare Committee, seeking contiguous action. However, contempt this, it was 4 days earlier the Cubbon Park constabulary registered the case, sources said. The advocator has pointed retired that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had precocious directed each officials successful the State to instrumentality stringent measures against kid marriages. 

Sources said the insignificant miss was allegedly successful a narration with the 20-year-old boy, and their parents precocious recovered retired astir them. Following this, their matrimony was solemnised astatine a mosque, sources said. 

Tipped disconnected by Mr. Owais, Pundalik, a subordinate of the District Child Helpline, sent a squad to inquire astir the lawsuit astatine the Neelasandra mosque. However, the mosque caput refused to supply them with details and said that the matrimony process was completed arsenic per the customs of the Muslim community.

“Based connected the ailment we received and reappraisal of the photographic and video grounds available, the miss is said to beryllium a insignificant and matrimony is liable for prosecution,” Pundalik said successful his complaint. 

Mr. Owais, speaking to The Hindu, alleged that the constabulary person delayed taking enactment to guarantee the information of the victim. He alleged that contempt giving details of the accused, their names bash not fig successful the FIR, to get a transcript of which helium had to attack the court.

He further requested the constabulary to rescue the miss and taxable her to aesculapian introspection arsenic she is suspected to beryllium pregnant.