Bina (Madhya Pradesh): The officials of the Women and Child Welfare Department stopped a child marriage being held at Satauria, sources said on Friday.
According to reports, the members of a family were getting their minor daughter married in Satauria village.
As soon as the officials of the department came to know about it, they rushed to the spot and stopped the wedding ceremony.
Project officer of the Women and Child Welfare Department Sapna Yadav said she had come to know about the wedding of a minor girl taking place in Satauria village.
She rushed to the spot with the officials of the department. Since the wedding was to take place at night, preparations were going on for it, she said.
Yadav convinced the family members of the girl to stop the ceremony. The officials also informed the police about the incident.
They asked the workers of Anganwadi centre to keep an eye on the family, so that they might not conduct the wedding ceremony.
