Konark: At a time when the Central government is l aunching a '100-day Intensive Awareness Campaign for a Child Marriage Free Bharat’, a family from Odisha 's Puri district has absconded after videos of them marrying off their 14 year-old daughter went viral on social media.

The shocking incident was reported from Konark in Patasundarpur village of Astaranga area. Members of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), district child protection officer (DCPO) and police raided the accused family's house after the incident made headlines. Though the marriage had taken place two months back, it came to the fore after visuals of the incident started doing the rounds.

Preliminary reports revealed that the girl had earlier eloped with a male friend but was later forced into marriage by family me

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