Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, May 30: Shankernarayana police have registered a case against Santhosh Shetty, the father of a minor girl, Rajesh Shetty, her brother-in-law, and Bharath Shetty (37), the groom, in connection with the wedding of the minor girl.
The girl, who is 17 years and eight months old, was married to Bharath Shetty, a 37-year-old resident of Thombattu, at Lakshminarasimha Temple, Haladi Grama, at 8 pm on May 21. The girl's mother opposed the marriage and refused to admit her into the house afterward. Consequently, the groom took her to his residence in Thombattu.
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Roopa, the assistant project officer of the Kundapur Infant Development Department, received a complaint regarding the minor's wedding. After conducting an investigation, Roopa lodged a police complaint at Shankernarayana police station. The police arrested all three accused men under the POCSO Act and remanded them to judicial custody.