Believe it or not, cops do also discharge the roles of do gooders sometimes, don't believe me, then do read on and change your cynical opinion about these men in khakhi.........
Timely and requisite police intervention did indeed ensure that a calamitous situation about to befall a minor in south west Bengaluru's Kengeri area did indeed culminate in a happy ending..........
A 17 year old minor was about to be bethroted (married off) to her 21 year old cousin at Kengeri's renowned Ganesha Temple at around 4:30 am (in the wee hours of Thursday morning) when the police swooped down upon the venue minutes before the nuptials were solemnised.........
The cops happened upon the spot following a tip off from an anonymous source, the cops demanded that the fervour and celebrations be put off indefinitely as the proposed bride was a minor...........
According to investigating officials, they were tipped off by temple officials who harboured a lurking suspicion about the bride being a minor and who also did no want to be unwilling parties to a child marriage...........
Infuriated and irate family members of the bride claimed that she was 17 years and 11 months of age and that they were doing nothing illegal, unfortunately for them the obstinate police officials simply refused to take them at face value and produce relevant documents to back their age related claims...........
Certificates and other age related documents furnished by the girl's parents failed to satisfy the police officials on the spot and they proceeded to whisk away the bride, bridegroom and family members to the neighbouring police station for further questioning.............
Kengeri police officials stuck to their stance of the girl being a minor and being married illegally to her 21 year old cousin, who happens to be an electrician by profession and a resident of Bengaluru's Banashankari area...........
They also added that they had handed over the case to the child welfare committee for conclusive proof of the girl's age and allied/further legal procedures pertaining to this particular case..............
Further action will be initiated against both the involved families following the receipt of a report from the child welfare committee; they also said that they had sought legal opinion on this one as child marriages were not a daily occurrence and they too were unaware of all the legal procedures related to or associated with the same.............
Hate crimes. racism, religious atrocities and child marriages now; whatever next, Sati, Jauhar, Swayamvars and marriages to trees and deities???one really wonders whether one is indeed a resident of 21st century India, or then stuck in a time warp in a nation yet to shrug off it's 16th century hangover.................
Timely and requisite police intervention did indeed ensure that a calamitous situation about to befall a minor in south west Bengaluru's Kengeri area did indeed culminate in a happy ending..........
A 17 year old minor was about to be bethroted (married off) to her 21 year old cousin at Kengeri's renowned Ganesha Temple at around 4:30 am (in the wee hours of Thursday morning) when the police swooped down upon the venue minutes before the nuptials were solemnised.........
The cops happened upon the spot following a tip off from an anonymous source, the cops demanded that the fervour and celebrations be put off indefinitely as the proposed bride was a minor...........
According to investigating officials, they were tipped off by temple officials who harboured a lurking suspicion about the bride being a minor and who also did no want to be unwilling parties to a child marriage...........
Infuriated and irate family members of the bride claimed that she was 17 years and 11 months of age and that they were doing nothing illegal, unfortunately for them the obstinate police officials simply refused to take them at face value and produce relevant documents to back their age related claims...........
Certificates and other age related documents furnished by the girl's parents failed to satisfy the police officials on the spot and they proceeded to whisk away the bride, bridegroom and family members to the neighbouring police station for further questioning.............
Kengeri police officials stuck to their stance of the girl being a minor and being married illegally to her 21 year old cousin, who happens to be an electrician by profession and a resident of Bengaluru's Banashankari area...........
They also added that they had handed over the case to the child welfare committee for conclusive proof of the girl's age and allied/further legal procedures pertaining to this particular case..............
Further action will be initiated against both the involved families following the receipt of a report from the child welfare committee; they also said that they had sought legal opinion on this one as child marriages were not a daily occurrence and they too were unaware of all the legal procedures related to or associated with the same.............
Hate crimes. racism, religious atrocities and child marriages now; whatever next, Sati, Jauhar, Swayamvars and marriages to trees and deities???one really wonders whether one is indeed a resident of 21st century India, or then stuck in a time warp in a nation yet to shrug off it's 16th century hangover.................
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