Chandpur Correspondent :
A 15-year old girl saved herself from early marriage calling helpline 333(used for redressal of social problem) at Syednagar village in Faridganj upazila recently .
Asma Akhter, a student of class X of Balithura Dakhil Madrasa and daughter of Abdul Haque of Syednagar village of the upazila, sought help from the local administration using the helpline to foil the marriage bid . UNO and Executive Magistrate Mamota Afrin said Asma’s family arranged the marriage ceremony on Friday after Jumma prayers. Receiving the phone call from 333 service, officials of upazila administration went to the spot and foiled the early marriage bid.
A mobile court fined Asma’s father Tk 30,000 and took a written undertaking that he would not take any further step to marry his daughter off before the proper age.
