Acting swiftly on a tip-off, officials of the Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department, along with the police, thwarted a child marriage a day before the wedlock and rescued the 14-year-old bride.
The marriage is scheduled to be performed in Khammam in Telangana at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday.
The bridegroom (20), a native of Khammam, is working with a private company in Hyderabad.
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The bride, a resident of New Rajarajeswari Peta in the city, is studying in ninth standard in a private school.
Her father, P. Venkateswara Rao, is a mason and while her mother, P. Dhalalakshmi, is working as an ayah with a private educational institution.
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