Madhya Pradesh Child Marriage

Five people have been arrested for abetting child marriage and human trafficking in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, police said.

Authorities on Sunday prevented the marriage of a 14-year-old minor girl to a 21-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, a state government official said.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker from Madhya Pradesh, who believes that "late marriages" are the reason behind "love jihad", a term used by right wing groups for a relationship between a Hindu woman and a Muslim man, has advised parents to marry off their daughters "on time".

A 51-year old sarpanch of a village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district was removed from his post after he allegedly tried to marry a 12-year-old girl from a poor family, district authorities said.

Five people have been arrested for abetting child marriage and human trafficking in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, police said.

Authorities on Sunday prevented the marriage of a 14-year-old minor girl to a 21-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, a state government official said.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker from Madhya Pradesh, who believes that "late marriages" are the reason behind "love jihad", a term used by right wing groups for a relationship between a Hindu woman and a Muslim man, has advised parents to marry off their daughters "on time".

A 51-year old sarpanch of a village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district was removed from his post after he allegedly tried to marry a 12-year-old girl from a poor family, district authorities said.