By IANS,
Lucknow : Three people were arrested Monday for forcibly marrying off a 12-year-old girl to a 40-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district, police said.
In lieu of Rs.3 lakh, Lalaram, a resident of Nagsa village in Etah, some 300 km from Lucknow, Sunday married off his daughter to Shyamlal, who lives in a nearby village, the police added.
“Acting on the complaint of some social activists, we today (Monday) booked eight people under relevant sections of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and arrested three, including Lalaram,” police inspector R.B. Lal told reporters.
“Shyamlal and his father are absconding. Efforts are on to nab them,” he added.
According to police, Lalaram, a farmer had fixed his daughter’s marriage with Shyamlal to pay off his debts. He had received Rs.1 lakh at the time of fixing the marriage and got the remaining amount Sunday at the time of marriage that took place at a temple in the village.