Twelve persons were booked in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly kidnapping a teenager and forcing her into marriage, an official said on Friday. Seven of the accused have been identified.
The 18-year-old complainant told the police that she was first taken to Navsari in Gujarat under the pretext of a temple visit and then to a relative’s place in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
The teenager told the Kalwa police that her relatives forcibly got her married to one of the accused persons.
A case has been registered against 12 persons under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for kidnapping, criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement. Seven of them have been identified so far, the official said.
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