Cops booked 30 year old husband for harassing 16 year old wife

The Hayathnagar police on Friday registered a case against 30 year old Sreekanth Goud for harassing and tormenting a 16 year old girl, who he claimed was his wife.

The cops filed a case under relevant sections of the The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. According to cops, Sreekanth Goud who was the victim's brother-in-law, married the girl in February last year. He also demanded Rs 1



lakh and 15 tolas of gold, as dowry. "The minor complained that she was being harassed by her husband to consummate the marriage. Unable to bear with it she ran away from her in-law's house in Injapur and went back to her home town Lashkarguda," said J Narender Goud, inspector of Hayathnagar police station.

The cops said that they will nab the accused and penalise him under relevant sections shortly.