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A 70-year-old man has married a 12-year-old schoolgirl. Mohammad Fakir from Shauldubi village in Krishnapur union of Sadarpur upazila was married through a notary public in Sadarpur of Faridpur. Upon receiving the news, Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate Purabi Goldar conducted a raid on Satar Rashi village of Sadarpur Upazila Union Sadar at around 8:30 pm on Friday. The mobile court arrested the old man, the girl’s mother, the grandparents and fined them for various terms of child marriage.
Mohammad Fakir was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 50,000 rupees in cash for child marriage. He was sentenced to three more months in prison for non-payment of the fine. The court also sentenced the girl’s mother, Fatema Begum, to six months in prison, Nana Khabir Talukdar and Nani Halimunnesa to one month in prison.
It is known that on October 20 the schoolgirl secretly married the old man through a notary public. Although the girl’s father prevented her from marrying, her mother secretly married her. On Friday night, Mohammad Fakir arrived at his father-in-law’s house as the new son-in-law. At that time, other relatives and neighbors of the girl arrested him and informed Upazila Nirbahi’s officer.
Sadarpur Upazila Nirbahi official Purabi Goldar said the punishment was imposed in various sections of the Child Marriage Prohibition Act of 2017. The convicts have been sent to jail.
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