Underage marriage bid foiled, 2 held
Jahurul Islam, Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Aditmari upazila, foiled an underage marriage bid and arrested the prospective bridegroom and the matchmaker at Mahisashahar village in the upazila on Tuesday night.
The UNO, also an executive magistrate, sentenced each of them to one month's jail on the spot in presence of public representatives and local people, police said.
The convicts are Abdul Gafur, 25, son of Ansar Ali of Namuri village and matchmaker Belal Uddin,45, son of late Amir Uddin of Aditmari village.
The girl, Kajali Akhter, 14, daughter of Shahidur Rahman, is a Class X student at Mahisashahar High School.
Being informed by a human rights activist, police, led by the UNO, raided Shahidur's house on the night and arrested Gafur and the matchmaker. Kajali's parents and Gafur's father managed to flee from the scene.
The arrestees were sent to the district jail yesterday morning.
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