Thursday, July 2, 2015

Man on the run after arranging 6 year old girl marriage to a 35 year old man


Police in Rajasthan, India, are hunting for a man in connection with arranging child marriages  after his suspected links with the wedding of a 35-year-old man to a six-year-old child.
Marriage broker Jamuni Bai, 51, is known for arranging marriages with child brides for a fee of around $550.


And now images have surfaced showing the shocking marriage of a 35-year-old man to a six-year-old girl at which he's thought to have been one of five witnesses.
It's thought the wedding took place on June 23 in a secret village temple ceremony.

Groom Ratan Lal Jat is an elected member of the village council of Gangrar, and one of the witnesses he had as a guest was said to be marriage broker Bai.

Lal Jat was already in a relationship with a married woman, so the wedding is to fulfill Nata Pratha, an ancient local custom which dictates that a man can have a live-in relationship with a married woman as long as he pays money to her so he can move in with her.

The practice is allowed only if both the man and the woman are already married to other people.

As Lal Jat was a bachelor he married the girl in this secret wedding in order to comply with customs.
Although the girl's family were reportedly paid an undisclosed fee, the little girl is permitted to live with her family.

A man in his mid - 40's,  Kiran, has been arrested under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, but they're still hunting for his accomplice, Bai.

Inspector and Station House officer of Gangrar, Gyanendra Singh, confirmed the incident and said that the police learnt about the incident when pictures of the wedding started circulating on the social media.