Tamil Nadu: Polytechnic student apprehended for tying ‘mangalsutra’ on 16-year-old girl
The district social welfare department officials took notice of the video. The Chidambaram police identified the boy and the girl and the case was shifted to the Chidambaram All Women Police Station.
A 17-year-old polytechnic student has been apprehended under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. (File)
A 17-year-old polytechnic student has been apprehended under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act for allegedly tying ‘thaali’ (mangalsutra) around the neck of a 16-year-old girl in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district, police said.
The video of the incident had gone viral on social media a couple of days ago and the netizens had urged the authorities to initiate necessary action. In the video running a little over 25 seconds, a boy was seen tying the ‘thaali’ to the girl in school uniform at a bus stand with a few of their friends showering flowers on them.
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The district social welfare department officials took notice of the video. The Chidambaram police identified the boy and the girl and the case was shifted to the Chidambaram All Women Police Station.
The police said both minors and their parents were brought to the station.
“They were provided counselling and based on the complaint from the rural welfare office, a case was registered against the minor boy. He was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and later sent to an observation home,” the cops said.
The cops had earlier arrested a 51-year-old man for sharing the video on social media. He was booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues.
Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India.
He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM.
As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More
