A 46-year-old school teacher, K Somaraju, was arrested in Taderu, Andhra Pradesh, for purportedly `marrying` a 15-year-old student from Yandagani Zilla Parishad High School near Bhimavaram in West Godavari district. The police arrested Somaraju, a Hindi teacher, on charges of enticing the minor girl under the guise of affection and conducting a `marriage` ceremony by tying a sacred thread around her neck.

"Somaraju courted the minor girl for four months and gave his smartphone to her. Recently, he picked her up from her house, took her to his house and married her," West Godavari District Disha (women`s protection wing) DSP N Murali Krishna told PTI.