Sunday, May 27, 2007

Seven-yr-old faces dowry charges

Sameer Kumar, Abhay Mohan Jha reported for NDTV on Saturday, May 26, 2007 from (Begusarai, Bihar)

A seven-year-old has been charged in a dowry case in Bihar. Santosh, a class four student has paid the price for a crime he did not commit.

My comment: The age for being enrolled in primary school is six years, a student in class four will be at least 12 years, the usual age when rural Biharis start scouting around for child-brides. Either the child's age has been erroneously reported, or here's a genius that passed Class one at age four!

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