Uttar Pradesh: Police stop wedding of minor girl

Attempts to marry off a minor girl at Bhandura village here were thwarted after a police team reached the venue and cancelled the wedding.

 The police were informed that a Dalit couple was planning to marry their 16-year-old daughter to a person from Meerut, SP (city) Ombir Singh said.

Upon checking the girl's birth certificate, she was found underage, he said.

(PTI)