Attacker Cuts Off Hands of Child-Marriage Critic
From Times Wire Reports
A man with a sword cut off the hands of a government social worker who had been protesting child marriages in central India, officials said.
Shakuntala Verma of the Department of Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh state was attacked Tuesday night in Bhangarh village, Press Trust of India reported.
Wednesday marked a Hindu festival in which hundreds of minors were married off. Child marriage is illegal but persists in some rural areas. No arrests had been made in the attack.
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