<p>A 16-year-old girl was forcibly married to her uncle by her mother at a temple in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on December 4.</p>.<p>The incident surfaced following a complaint filed on January 3.</p>.<p>Police quoted the minor girl as saying that her mother, Mariyamma, forcibly married her off to 27-year-old accused Mariyappa, the victim’s <br>maternal uncle.</p>.Tele-calling manager arrested for raping woman colleague in Bengaluru.<p>The minor girl, who the Child Welfare Committee rescued, has accused Mariyappa of having sexual intercourse with her despite her objections.</p>.<p>The Rajarajeshwari Nagar police have registered a case based on a complaint by an official of the District Child Protection Unit.</p>.<p>They booked Mariyamma and Mariyappa under sections 344 (wrongful confinement for 10 or more days) and 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); sections 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault) and 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act; and sections 9 (punishment for male adult marrying a child) and 10 (Punishment for solemnising a child marriage) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.</p>.<p>Further investigations are under way.</p>
<p>A 16-year-old girl was forcibly married to her uncle by her mother at a temple in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on December 4.</p>.<p>The incident surfaced following a complaint filed on January 3.</p>.<p>Police quoted the minor girl as saying that her mother, Mariyamma, forcibly married her off to 27-year-old accused Mariyappa, the victim’s <br>maternal uncle.</p>.Tele-calling manager arrested for raping woman colleague in Bengaluru.<p>The minor girl, who the Child Welfare Committee rescued, has accused Mariyappa of having sexual intercourse with her despite her objections.</p>.<p>The Rajarajeshwari Nagar police have registered a case based on a complaint by an official of the District Child Protection Unit.</p>.<p>They booked Mariyamma and Mariyappa under sections 344 (wrongful confinement for 10 or more days) and 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); sections 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault) and 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act; and sections 9 (punishment for male adult marrying a child) and 10 (Punishment for solemnising a child marriage) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.</p>.<p>Further investigations are under way.</p>