40-year-old man held for marrying 11-year-old girl in Siwan
A 40-year-old man was arrested for marrying an 11-year-old girl in Bihar’s Siwan district for non-repayment of a loan.
Bihar: A 40-year-old man in Bihar’s Siwan district was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act for marrying an 11-year-old girl.
The accused, identified as Mahendra Pandey, was arrested, and the girl has been sent back to her home.
The mother of the minor girl alleged that the accused, Mahendra Pandey, had forcefully married her daughter due to non-payment of a loan.
However, accused Mahendra refuted the aforementioned claims that the girl’s mother had made and said it was a trap set for him to fall into in order to steal money from him.
It is said that the accused decided to marry the minor after he had given a loan of Rs 2 lakh to the victim’s mother and the mother failed to repay the amount to him.
The case was registered after the minor’s mother filed a complaint at Mairwa Police Station.
“I got married with the consent of the girl and her mother. Now the girl’s mother is blackmailing me. She started demanding money. There is no kind of money transaction between us. I am trapped. Some media people are spreading false news,” Pandey said.
The minor girl, Sandhya Kumar, also stated that her mother is falsely accusing the accused, Mahendra Pandey, and supported what Pandey said.
“Both of us got married with the consent of my mother, and we want to stay together. Earlier, my mother had gotten everything done, now she is trapping both of us,” the minor girl said.
Ms Kalinga