In Madhya Pradesh, a man had been asked to marry his minor daughter after he accidentally killed a calf. The village panchayat had issued the directive to the man to marry her daughter as a means for atonement for killing.?
However, swift action by local authorities and police averted the mishap.?
The local administration and police stopped the marriage in a village under Pathariya Police Station in Vidisha district, reported Indian Express.
In remote parts of Madhya Pradesh, social atonement is seen as a way to impose sanctions on people involved in an untowardly incident. In most cases, men are asked to marry their daughters irrespective of her age, because the villagers believe kanyadaan in the culprit¡¯s family is the only way to ward off the curse.
Pathariya police station in-charge BD Singh told the Indian Express that the man was riding his two-wheeler when he accidentally hit the calf leading to its death. He took a dip in the Ganges and was to throw a feast to fellow villagers. But they denied and asked him to marry his daughter.?
¡°A team of Women and Child Development department and the police reached the village on Friday when tipped that the girl was minor,¡± added the report.
From her Aadhaar card, it was ascertained that the girl is not even fourteen.