VIJAYAWADA: Tension prevailed after family members protested against a madrasa teacher for allegedly marrying a 17-year-old student at Dachepalli in

of

on Friday.

According to

, they received a complaint from the family members where the teacher identified as Abdul Sattar, 32, secretly married their 17-year-old daughter.

However, the situation turned complicated as the minor girl was said to have gone forward with the marriage on her own. Cops referred the incident to the Integrated Child Development Services officials who reached the spot and inquired into the incident.

While the issue stands a child marriage, Sattar’s wife came out in the open stating that she was not aware of the incident nor she gave permission allowing him to marry the girl.

Cops said that they would send the girl for medical examination if she agrees to it. As of now, a legal opinion is being sought by the ICDS officials to book Sattar under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.