Child marriage foiled
A child marriage arranged with exorbitant expenses for a Union Parishad (UP) chairman's son was foiled by a mobile court at Khoksa upazila town in Kushtia yesterday.
Khoksa UP Chairman Ayub Ali Biswas's son Tanvir Ahmed Biswas was to get married to Iva Parvin Isma, daughter of Amirul Islam of the town, in a ceremony scheduled yesterday, said police.
Iva, 15, is a class-VIII student of Khoksa Pilot High School.
Khoksa Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sohel Hasan, however, challenged the wedding and asked the families of both the bride and the bridegroom to provide verification that Iva was of eligible age to get married.
After the families failed to verify the age, a mobile court led by the UNO stopped the marriage.
Ayub spent nearly a crore taka on the wedding ceremony and rented a helicopter from Dhaka to bring his to be daughter-in-law home, said police.
About 10,000 people, including government officials, politicians and businessmen, were invited to the wedding, police added.
The families, later, submitted an application to the UNO seeking permission to continue the marriage 3 years later.
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