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Rajasthan teen freed from shackles of child marriage on Akshaya Tritiya eve
Jaipur: On the eve of Akshaya Tritiya, which is also associated with child marriage in Rajasthan, a 17-year-old girl was freed from the shackles of the evil practice as her child marriage was annulled before she attained adulthood on Thursday. Sugandha (name changed) was married at the tender age of 10 and sent to her in-law’s place at 16, before being freed from the bondage at the age of 17. Daughter of a daily wager at a village in Jodhpur district, she bore the brunt of child marriage for seven long years. Under societal pressure, her ‘Gauna’ — a custom in North India associated with the consummation of marriage — was performed following which she was sent to her in-law’s house at the ag

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