260 child marriages prevented in Prakasam District by Prakasam District Legal Services Authority

260 child marriages prevented in Prakasam District by Prakasam District Legal Services Authority
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Prakasam District Legal Services Authority along with child line, 1098 and women and child welfare department this year so far prevented 260 child marriages, according to the Authority secretary T Raja Venkatadri

Ongole: Prakasam District Legal Services Authority along with child line, 1098 and women and child welfare department this year so far prevented 260 child marriages, according to the Authority secretary T Raja Venkatadri.

Speaking during a counselling session on tuesday, at the district court, of parents who tried to conduct a child marriage, he advised them not to marry minors.

He also cautioned that encouragement of child marriages will attract two year imprisonment with fine of Rs 2 lakh.

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