Ola driver arrested on child marriage charges

In yet another child marriage case, Mahim police have arrested a 37-year-old Ola cab driver for allegedly marrying a 13-year-old girl on Saturday. The police have also arrested the girl's mother, and a Kazi who had forced the minor to marry the accused.

The accused have been identified as the minor's mother Shayna Manik Shaikh, the husband Asif Ayub Khan, and Raja Mohammad Wasim Sheikh (Kazi).

According to police, they received a call on Saturday afternoon from a woman saying that a 13-year-old girl is being harassed by her mother. A police team then reached the spot and rescued the girl, who told police that she was forcefully wedded to a 37-year old man in March. The mother and Khan had allegedly been harassing and torturing her for the past one month. "The victim is a minor. When she protested being with Khan, her mother would beat her up," said Rajiv Jain, Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone V.