India, May 17 -- At least seven people were booked over the child marriage of five girls in Rajasthan's Bhilwara on Friday, police said.

Bhilwara superintendent of police (SP) Dharmendra Singh said the marriages had taken place secretly in a field after police, who received information about it through a non-profit organisation, warned the girls' family and sent an additional team in the village for the children's protection.

"Police received information about this marriage a day prior through some local non-profit organisations who are active in the area to prevent child marriages. We warned them not to marry those minors off as it is illegal. An additional force was also deployed in the village. Yet, they conducted the marriage secret...