{"id":52596,"date":"2013-11-21T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T11:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=52596"},"modified":"2013-11-21T15:47:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T11:47:31","slug":"homenewsworldradiolog-ine-mail-alertssubscribeclassifiedse-edition-indian-girl-8-divorces-husband-of-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=52596","title":{"rendered":"HOMENEWSWORLDRADIOLOG INE-MAIL ALERTSSUBSCRIBECLASSIFIEDSE-EDITION Indian girl, 8, divorces husband of 4 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An 8-year old girl has become the youngest ever to divorce in\u00a0India\u00a0after she was married off four years ago.<\/p>\n

Fatima Mangre\u00a0was given away at the age of 4 by her father\u00a0Anil, from the Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh state, to a 10-year-old boy named\u00a0Arjun Bakridi, but when the boy arrived last week to take away his bride, the father regretted the decision and decided to file for divorce,\u00a0the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finally realized that this practice of marrying off daughters so young was wrong and that she should have a childhood, and that it was my duty to provide that,\u201d he said. \u201cI now want to make things right. I want to give my daughter a good childhood. I will do everything to protect her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Government officials are investigating the divorce after the New Delhi-based National Commission for Women (NCW) sent a letter threatening action against the parents of the girl and the boy, the report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a scandal, we need more details before taking action,\u201d said the NCW\u2019s Nirmala Samant. \u201cThe girl\u2019s father must answer why he married her off at four years old and the boy\u2019s father must answer why he agreed to such a marriage and then went to demand the girl when she is barely eight years old.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Shravasti district accounts for the majority underage weddings in\u00a0India\u00a0where the female literacy is just 19 percent, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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