Bara, Nov. 27 -- Police intervened to stop a child marriage involving a Chinese national and a Nepali girl belonging to the Muslim community in Bara district.

The arrest took place around midnight Wednesday at Haraiya in ward 1 of Karaiyamai Rural Municipality, where the groom, bride and the bride's father were taken into custody. They were detained while preparing for the wedding.

"They were detained and brought to the district police office in Kalaiya for further investigation," said Superintendent of Police Narendra Kunwar. Police did not divulge the names of the detainees. "We are conducting a thorough investigation to determine whether this is a case of child marriage and what the motive was," said Kunwar, adding that the Chinese c...