An image of a bride has gone viral on social media with a claim that she is a minor who has been forced into child marriage.
The image is being shared on Facebook in a caption in Hindi that translates to, “A hurtful photo of Bihar’s Nawada district speaks about poverty and helplessness. What could have been the parents’ situation that they married their 8-year-old daughter to a 28-year-old man. Even after 70-years of freedom, these images shake us from within.”
(Original Text: बिहार के नवादा की ये मार्मिक तस्वीर अपनी गरीबी को बता रही है अपनी मजबूरियों को बयां कर रही है कि वो हालात कैसे होंगे कि एक माँ बाप अपनी 8 साल की बेटी की शादी एक 28 साल के लड़के से किन परिस्थितियों में किये होंगे.आजादी के 70 साल बाद भी ऐसी तश्वीर मन को झकझोर कर रख दे रही है)
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FACT CHECK
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On searching with keyword, ‘child marriage in Nawada’, we found many media reports that covered the incident.
A local media website, Bihar Superfast Khabar, reported that the Circle Officer of Pakribarawan and Nawada investigated the matter and found out that the girl is 19-year-old. The Circle Officer went to Manjhauli village to investigate the matter.
As per the investigation, the girl was identified as Tanu Kumari, who got married at her maternal home situated in Jamui. The district administrators also verified the Aadhaar Card of the girl and found out that the date of birth of the girl is registered as January 1, 2002. Hence, the girl is NOT a minor.
Dainik Bhaskar quoted Mukesh Kumar Shaha, SDPO of Pakribarawan, who said that as per the villagers, the girl was married 1 month ago in Lakhisarai.
A journalist Tushar Srivastava also tweeted the press release of the District Administrator debunking the viral claim. As per the press release, while the girl’s parents house was locked during the investigation, the villagers identified the girl as Tanu Kumari, whose father’s name is Pawan Kumar, and he works in Delhi. The investigation further revealed that though the girl’s native place is in Nawada, she has been brought up in Jamui at her maternal home.
राष्ट्रीय बालसंरक्षण अधिकार आयोग ने कथित बाल विवाह का संज्ञानलिया है हाईलाइट करने का उद्देश्य प्रशासन को सचेत करना था।कोई राजनीतिक दल इसे निजीफायदे लेने की कोशिश कर रहा है तो दुख है।मुझे गलत साबित होने में खुशी होगी।इसलिए डीएम और एनसीपीसीआर की प्रतिक्रिया साझा कररहाहूँ @yashhpcl pic.twitter.com/SOloXYpt7S
— Tushar Srivastava (Zee Media) (@TusharSrilive) May 28, 2021
News 18 Bihar also tweeted the video of Tanu Kumari where she said that her birth date is January 1, 2002, and that she was married with the mutual consent of both the families.
नवादा की तनु नाबालिग नहीं, बालिग है। सुनिए खुद तनु की जुबानी
18 साल से ज्यादा उम्र में हुई तनु की शादी
देश-दुनिया में वायरल हो रही थी तनु की तस्वीर pic.twitter.com/GWV5W0DKqW— News18 Bihar (@News18Bihar) May 28, 2021
Thus, it is evident from the above information that the viral post claiming that an 8-year-old girl was married to a 28-years old man is false.
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