Posted on 07/01/2015 8:19:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Girl married off to man 29 years her senior in exchange for money
Child marriage is rampant in some parts of India till date.
However, a recent image that showed a 35-year-old man marrying a six-year-old girl in the Indian state of Rajasthan has created fresh furore over this notorious tradition.
According to the UK daily Metro, Ratan Lal Jat, 35, a counciller married the child in a secret ceremony. The wedding was arranged by a local marriage broker who dealt with such shady marriages in return for fees.
Ratan Lal Jat, if the police officials are to be believed, got married to fulfill the terms of a local tradition known as Nata Pratha. He can be allowed to have an affair with a married woman, provided he compensates financially. However, both he and his lover have to be married. Since Ratan Lal was unmarried, he decided to tie the knot with a child.
According to the deal, the child bride would remain with her family, in return for an undisclosed amount of money.
Ratan Lal has been arrested by the local police for violating the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006. The marriage broker is still at large.
Primitive savage.
I can’t help but think of the tasteless joke....
You know the best thing about a six year old?
I’ll leave out the punch line.
I know that joke.
That is what I was thinking too. It is just a matter of time, before these suck bags come out of the closet. My wife is a lot younger than me, but at least I met here when she was 22 years old.
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