Uthapanaickanur police have booked three persons on Wednesday in connection with a child marriage proposal.
Police sources said that a woman had planned to marry off her 15-year-old girl. As the information about the child marriage leaked, an Extension Officer of the Social Welfare Department alerted the police.
Besides the mother of the girl, studying VIII Standard, the bride and his stepfather were booked under the provisions of Prevention of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
Child Welfare Committee members took the girl for counselling.