Early marriage bid foiled

An SSC examinee was saved from child marriage in Kathalia upazila of the district on Wednesday.

Police said informed that marriage of the girl was arranged the upazila nirbahi officer rushed to the spot and stopped the marriage. 

Later, Motaleb Khalifa, father of the bride, Jahangir Alam, father of the bridegroom, and bridegroom Rafiqul Isalm, were produced before a mobile court which sentenced them to different jail terms.

The UNO led the court, said Jahid Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kathalia Police Station.