"The rescued girl was restored with her parents after taking an undertaking from them that they would not marry her off till she attends the marriageable age," said Pradeep Kumar Patnaik, a member of the CWC.
The CWC has also ordered the district child protection officer to monitor the case and report to the CWC every three months about the marital status of the rescued girl, who is 17 years and a month old as per her school records.
Patnaik said reports of child marriages are rampant in rural areas many parents do not know that marrying off a daughter before 18 years is illegal.