Ntchisi Police Station spokesperson, Yohane Tasowana has confirmed the arrest of an 18 year old boy identified as Pemphero Daniel for taking in a 15-year-old girl for a wife.

According to Tasowana, the girl was found after a community police investigation that led to the house of the man after she was reported missing.

Daniel will be taken to court soon to answer charges of defilement.

The girl is in Standard Six and is believed to have been in love with the boy for sometime and could now allegedly be expectant by Daniel.