Patna: Parents of three minor girls- Sony Kumari, Ruby Kumari and Manorama Kumari- all Class 9 students have barred them from study after a nearly 50-year-old private coaching teacher of the same village reportedly married his 15-year-old student.
The incident has been reported from Narayanpur village in Bihar’s Supaul. The incident has shaken the villagers so much that they are withdrawing their young girls from going to coaching centre.
Chandra Prakash Mehta, a tuition teacher in his 50s married a minor girl.
Mehta, who runs a private tuition centre in the village, married a 15-year-old girl despite being fully aware that the marriage with the minor is illegal and punishable under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, villagers said.
The villagers also alleged that Mehta has a blood relationship with the girl, further fueling their anger.
Mehta while admitting that he married the minor girl claimed his wife has no problem with him. “My wife is happy,” Mehta told IANS.
A team of Gender Alliance, led by women rights campaigner Prashanti Tiwari, has rushed to the spot to salvage the tense situation in collaboration with the police and district officials.
Agencies
