PYUTHAN, March 14: Police arrested two men on charge of practising child marriage based on the complaints lodged against them in Pyuthan district.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Tul Bahadur Karki said that Drona Bahadur Nepali, 21, and Raju Nepali, 18, of Gothibang VDC-3 were arrested for practising child marriage.
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The two have been charged of getting married to the girls under 16 years of age.
As the police launched a campaign against child marriage, nearly a dozen complaints have been lodged.
