Indian man "marries" 8-year-old out of spite (Reuters via swisspolitics.org)

According to the police, a 35-year old farmer caught an 8-year old girl on her way to school and tied a "mangalsutra" around her neck soon. He blames the girl's father for his wife leaving him.

This is weird enough but what makes it even more unbelievable is that the village panchayat ruled that the marriage is valid and that "the little girl would remain married to Vijayarajan as long as he lived".

WTF? All these panchayat members should be arrested and flogged.