16-year-old girl rescued ahead of wedding to 50-year-old man in UP

Sambhal, Oct 14 (UNI) A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district after her marriage to a 50-year-old widower, fixed in exchange for Rs 5 lakh, was stopped ahead of the scheduled wedding on October 15. The girl's family had accepted the money for the marriage, according to Prayatna, a partner organisation of Just Rights for Children (JRC), India's largest NGO network working for child protection. The wedding preparations were nearly complete, and the 'haldi' ceremony was scheduled for October 14 when a joint team of police, local administration, and Prayatna intervened. The team discovered rituals were already…