UP: NGO prevents child marriage in Lucknow

Lucknow, Nov 1 (UNI) A social organisation based in Uttar Pradesh has secured the childhood of a 14-year-old innocent girl by preventing her marriage to an older man, ensuring that she could complete her education and pursue her dreams. When the girl's mother, Sunita Kumari (name changed), learnt that her husband had arranged her daughter Asha's (name changed) marriage to an older man, she was gripped by a fear she knew all too well, having endured years of domestic violence herself. Sunita had left her marital home years ago and lived separately in the same village in Ayodhya, keeping her…