India, Aug. 14 -- Eleven people, including the girl's father and other family members, have been named in an FIR for allegedly selling a 15-year-old girl for Rs.5 lakh and forcibly marrying her to a 50-year-old man against her consent in Rajasthan, police said.
The minor's mother lodged an FIR against 11 people at the Khajuwala police station area on August 12. "A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006," station house officer (SHO) Surendra Kumar Prajapat said.
The mother alleged that a proposal to marry her 15-year-old daughter came from a 50-year-old man, which she had opposed. However, her husband and son pressured her, claiming that t...
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