Kerala Police, on Tuesday, registered a case against a group of people on charges of marrying off a 16-year-old girl a year ago in Malappuram district.
The husband and parents of the girl were among those booked, police said. The husband, a native of nearby Vandoor, is an adult and the teenage girl is now six months pregnant.
The girl has been handed over to the protective custody of the District Child Welfare Committee, the police said, adding that an investigation is underway into the incident.
It was only recently that the Child Welfare Committee came to know about the incident due to the intervention of the Childline workers.
Police said a case under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the husband and others has been registered.
Both the girl and her husband belong to a minority community, sources said.
