13-year-old girl forced to wed

The whereabouts of Pintu Kumari Yadav, a 13-year-old girl of Dharampur VDC has remained unknown since yesterday, in Rautahat. It has come to light that 40-year-old Bahut Ray Yadav of the same locality forcefully married her with the help of a group of local youths and fled with the girl the same night. Their whereabouts is unknown. According to a police report, a group of five youths took the girl under control yesterday afternoon, while the girl was on the way home from the field and compelled her to tie the knot with Yadav the same night. Pramod Ray Yadav, Pintu’s uncle, said that a group of youths from their locality had forced her to marry Yadav. He said, “Though I informed the police administration that she had been abducted and preparations were under way to force her to marry, they didn’t pay any heed.” From the preliminary investigation of the police it has been learnt that Bahut’s kin forced the girl of the poor family to get married to him. Meanwhile, police have nabbed two persons, as per the complaint lodged by the victim’s family, on the charge of their involvement in the incident. The alleged have been identified as Mahadev Ray Yadav and Badri Ray Yadav, both are said to be Bahut’s uncles. “The search of the other perpetrators is on,” said DSP Bhim Dhakal. - See more at: http://thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=13-year-old+girl+forced+to+wed+&NewsID=421460#sthash.xyUdqgsj.dpuf