New Delhi, April 12 -- A few days after an FIR was filed against Farman Khan over controversy surrounding his marriage to Monalisa Bhosle - a young woman who came into the limelight during the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela - the CPI(M) and Kerala Police have said that the girl's age was verified during the time of their wedding at a temple in Kerala.

The police have said that the Aadhaar card given by Monalisa Bhosle was found to be genuine and that she was 18 years of age at that time.

An investigation was recently launched in Madhya Pradesh after claims surfaced that Monalisa Bhosle was only 16 years old at the time of the marriage.

CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said documents presented by the girl's father indicated she was not a minor,...