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June 19, 2009 posted by indiatime |

Life is tough for 14-old Indian girls, it seems. At home, abroad or anywhere. Here are three different stories that illustrate the fact.

1. 14-year old saved from forced marriage
The Gujarat police reached just in time to put a stop to a 14-year old orphan being forced into marriage with a 24-year old. The incident happened in Veerawada village, where the marriage was being attended to by the village elders and the local glitterati. The orphan girl’s uncle, who was the perpetrator behind the forced marriage, was however not charged with the Child Marriage Act of 1929. The police made him promise them that he would not forcibly marry his niece off until she is 18. “You can do it once she is 18″, they said.

2. Man gets life for setting 14-year old girl ablaze
Also in Gujarat, Haresh Ahir was sentenced to life for setting a 14-year old on fire after she refused his marriage proposal. Aarti Goswami, 14, succumbed to her burns last March, but not before recounting the horror of an older man proposing and forcing marriage. The judge also slapped a $100 monetary fine on Ahir for murdering the 14-year old.

3. 14-year old Indian girl’s killer jailed in Canada
Far away in Canada, 14-year old Reena Virk’s murderer got her guilty verdict restored. 12 years ago, 14-year old Reena Virk, a second-generation Indian-Canadian, was beaten and drowned in a gorge near Victoria, Canada. The Canadian courts had rejected the guilty verdicts against the accused, but yesterday’s supreme court verdict will now put the murderer behind bars for at least 20 years. Others in the group that murdered Reena, have previously been sentenced, most getting away with lighter sentences.


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