Govt help after forced marriage attempt
She sought help from a local health worker to stop her marriage after her parents chose a groom and finalised the wedding date.
District officials are trying to convince the parents to allow her to study and organise the wedding only when she is ready.
The girl passed her higher secondary exams with first division marks. But her parents decided to halt her education. The health worker the girl to Annesha Clinic at Kultali Rural Hospital, where she confided in counsellor Suparna Kontho and later her case reached the district officials.The health worker claimed that though the girl wanted to use the Kanyashree funds she received from state govt, her family opposed her.
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Baruipur sub-divisional officer Chitradeep Sen said the administration could take no legal steps as she had attained the age of marriage but was in talks with the family.
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