Child marriage attempts foiled
Two child marriage bids were foiled at Rangunia upazila in Chittagong by an UP chairman yesterday.
Sheikh Farid Uddin, chairman of Sharaf Bhata union parishad, said when he came to know that the girls' families were marrying them off, he went to their respective residences and foiled the marriage.
“I checked their birth and educational certificates and found that they were 14 and 15 years old. So, I convinced the families [bride and groom] to stop the marriage,” he said.
He also took undertakings from the families that they would not marry off their daughters until they become 18.
Imtiaz Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Rangunia Police Station, said a police team accompanied the UP chairman.
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