Indian girl, 14, wins a divorce

Omer Farooq:

A 14-year-old girl in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has won a battle to have her two-year marriage to a teenage boy annulled.

It is thought the first time in the state's history a child bride has successfully fought the centuries-old tradition of marrying girls off young.

Village elders agreed to grant Chenigall Suseela, who had threatened to commit suicide, the annulment.

Suseela said that she wanted to go back to school.

Her parents admitted they should not have married her off without her consent.

Indian child bride is granted a 'divorce'