Saved from child marriage
A twelve-year-old girl was saved from the curse of early marriage following intervention of Daulatpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) yesterday.
Marriage ceremony of Salma Akter, 12, daughter of late Solaiman Ali of Mohazerpara village was scheduled to be held in the morning with Abu Hossain 30, son of Abul Hossain at Kazipur village in Gangni upazila in Meherpur, also a Dubai expatriate, police said.
Being informed, the UNO, Shasanka Sekhor Bhoumik rushed to the house with police and stopped the marriage.
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