Eight-year-old girl divorces her husband, 14, in India after her father realises giving her away aged FOUR was maybe too young

Fatima Mangre was married to Arjun Bakridi when she was four
When her husband came to collect her four years later her father refused
Anil Mangre said he wanted her to turn 18 before leaving
An argument ensued after which Anil filed for divorce
The girl is the youngest ever to be divorced in the country

PUBLISHED: 13:36 GMT, 19 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:14 GMT, 20 November 2013

Fatima Mangre was married to Arjun Bakridi when she was just four, but when her husband came to collect her four years later her father realised it was wrong and refused

An eight year old girl has become the youngest person ever to be divorced in India after she was married off aged just four.

Fatima Mangre was given away by her father Anil, from the Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh state, in an arranged a marriage with 10-year-old Arjun Bakridi.

However when the boy arrived four years later to take his new bride away, Anil said he wanted the girl to wait until she was 18 before leaving.

He said: 'I finally realised that this practice of marrying off daughters so young was wrong and that she should have a childhood, and that it was my duty to provide that.'

However Arjun's father Dipak was unhappy with the decision, and an argument broke out after which Anil filed for divorce.

The state government of India's has called for an inquiry into the incident that happened last week at Nakhi village in the Shravasti district of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

It ordered the probe after the New Delhi-based National Commission for Women (NCW) member Nirmala Samant sent a letter, demanding details of the divorce and threatening action against the parents of the girl and the boy.

She said: 'This is a scandal, we need more details before taking action. The girl's father must answer why he married her off at four years old and the boy's father must answer why he agreed to such a marriage and then went to demand the girl when she is barely eight years old.

'This is insensitive, controversial and objectionable,' she added.

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