Rajasthan: Teenage girl abandoned by parents for refusing to get married

The parents of a 14yearold girl in Udaipurs Bhutiya village denied her entry to house after she refused to get married on November 21Much to the surprise of Child Welfare Committee CWC officials the mother of the daughter said She is dead for us as she failed to protect our reputation in the village by refusing to get marriedThe mother kept abusing her daughter while the teen kept sobbing the officials saidThe teenager had been provided shelter by the CWC after her parents abandoned her However they took her to see her parents two days later after she requested the officialsAs per information the girl who was forced to tie the knot on Sunday called CWCs chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal displaying courage She also sent the picture of her wedding invite and told her that she wanted to study and not get married at such an early ageBeniwal directed the district collector of Udaipur and other officials to take stock of the situation and stop the marriageNext with the help of CWC she was counselled and sent to Balika Grah of Udaipur as her parents abandoned herOn Monday when the girl wanted to meet Beniwal she was taken to Udaipur by the officialsBut after she began missing her family CWC chairperson herself dropped her home where she was denied entry by her parentsMany people including panchayat officials and other villagers had gathered at the girls residence demanding public apology from the girlHowever even after she apologised to them her parents were not convinced and asked Beniwal to take her back saying that the society will not accept herMeanwhile Beniwal said that the girls mother looked very worried as her daughter chose to complete her educationTalking to IANS she said We tried to convince the parents but as they were reluctant we brought the girl back to Udaipur Balika Grah We shall provide her quality education here and wait for the next few days to see if her parents take her back or else shall take full responsibility of the girlThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever