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UP: Marriage of 12-yr-old girl & 17 yr-old boy averted in Jaunpur
Published: 28/10/26 07:17
Jaunpur | India
Jaunpur, Oct 28 (UNI) A wedding between a 12-year-old girl from the Musahar community and a 17-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district on Tuesday evening was stopped at the last minute by authorities after receiving information from Aastha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sanstha, a partner organisation of Just Rights for Children (JRC), India's largest NGO network working for child protection. The information came from a labourer working for an associate of the organisation. He mentioned that he needed to leave early to attend the wedding of a relative's daughter. When the representative of the organisation asked about the girl's…