12-year-old’s wedding stopped in Jaunpur; girl says she wanted to study | Varanasi News
Varanasi: A child marriage involving a 12-year-old girl from the Musahar community and a 17-year-old boy was averted at the last minute in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district on Wednesday evening after timely intervention by authorities and child protection workers. The girl later told the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) that she had repeatedly pleaded with her…