Police in Machinga have arrested three people for suspected defilement following a sweeping door-to-door exercise by Machinga District Council in an effort to address the problem of child marriages.
Machinga Police Station Community Policing Officer, Inspector Roster Milanzi confirmed the arrest, adding that among the detainees is a 21-year-old Shukurani Innusa who married a 15-year-old Standard 8 learner at Chikala Primary School.
Milanzi said the police have also arrested a 19-year-old Araton Patel for defilement after he married and impregnated a Standard 5 learner at Puteya Primary School.
According to a medical report, the Standard five victim is three months pregnant.
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