A 16-year-old girl who was going to be married off was rescued from a wedding hall in the city on Thursday, police said.
Police raided the wedding hall in suburban Kandivali after receiving a tip-off from an NGO that a child marriage was taking place there, said an official.
The girl was going to be married to a 22-year-old man.
A police team stopped the marriage and made both the families aware of legal implications of child marriage, said the official.
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The girl was sent for counselling while the bridegroom was let off as marriage had not taken place, he said.
