Mumbai, Oct. 17 -- Police have registered an FIR against five persons for their alleged involvement in the forced marriage and repeated sexual assault of a minor girl in the neighbouring Palghar district.
Police sources said the girl's grandfather allegedly arranged her marriage to a man from Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, in September. Following the marriage, the victim was repeatedly sexually assaulted, and the groom's parents also mentally harassed her.
Based on a complaint filed by the minor, police have registered a case under the POSCO Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
"We have registered a case against five individuals, including a family member, for the forced marriage, trafficking, and repeated sexual assault of a minor girl.
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