http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalit-sarpanch-faces-villagers-wrath-for-stopping-child-marriage/articleshow/10614289.cms
Dalit sarpanch faces villagers' wrath for stopping child marriage
Anita Singh, TNN | Nov 5, 2011, 05.47AM IST
GARH SARNAI (PANIPAT): A dalit headwoman faced wrath of the entire
village when she tried to stop the marriage of a 13-year-old girl on
October 29. Headwoman Kanta Devi's son Jitender had written to SP
Pankaj Nain alleging that a daily wager, Rambali Sharma, was trying to
marry her minor daughter to Sanjeev, 28, of Kaithal.
District protection and child marriage prohibition officer Rajni Gupta
reached the house of Rambali Sharma and asked for the girl's birth
certificate, a student of Class VII. The parents were unable to
produce the birth certificate and the officer stopped the wedding.
Soon after, the villagers began demanding resignation of Kanta Devi
and said she had brought a bad name to the village. The matter
snowballed into a major controversy and a special panchayat was
called, where some villagers forced the sarpanch to sign the
resignation papers, sources said.
Meanwhile, Kanta Devi said she and her family were being targeted for
some vested interests. "I will not quit for doing something as per
law," she said.
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