Around 50 pupils in the town of Satkhira took to the streets to demand that Habiba Sultana’s wedding be called off, they say. Pupils even submitted a petition to police urging them to take action. Police summoned Habiba’s father and ordered him to stop the girl’s marriage, which they said was illegal. Police say that Habiba, a student of Abdul Karim Girls’ High School, did not agree when her poverty-stricken father arranged for her to marry a 23-year-old neighbour. Police say that she was too frightened to protest. When she told her friends about the impending wedding, they rallied round and urged her not to go ahead.
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