Mamunur Rashid
This is not the age of the mythical Rupban, but such a wedding could not take place due to the intervention of women leaders and police.
Sources said, the bridegroom is 2 years 2 months old while the bride is 13 years of age. The wedding ceremony of these two children was to be held on Friday after Juma prayer at bridegroom’s house located at East Goran under Khilgaon police station in the city.
The children are Moli, daughter of city dweller Jaynal Abedin and Masud Rana, son of Mannan of Nazirpur under Pirojpur district, the sources added. [Read more]