Pune:
A minor woman was allegedly forcibly married by her mom to the latter’s 28-year-old lover and he or she additionally compelled the teenager sufferer to have sexual relations with him in Pune in Maharashtra, a police official mentioned on Friday.
The 36-year-old girl and her 28-year-old lover have been arrested underneath provisions of the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Prohibition of Little one Marriage Act, he mentioned.
“The incident got here to mild when the 15-year-old sufferer narrated her ordeal to a classmate and a lady social employee was alerted. The person is a distant relative and stayed with the accused girl,” the Chandannagar police station official mentioned.
“The girl informed the woman she would commit suicide if the latter didn’t comply with the wedding. On November 6, the teenager woman was married off to the person in a temple in Ahmednagar. The person forcibly established sexual relations together with her. Additional probe into the case is underway,” he added.
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