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Forced marriage of minor girl to father of 8 in Bhawalnagar
[Geo News] Police claimed to have recovered a 13-year-old young minor girl who was forced to marry a 50-year-old man and arrested her alleged spouse Mian Fayyaz here on Tuesday. According to DPO Bahawalnagar, police have recovered Aasia, a minor 13-year-old girl, who was forced to wed an aged 50-year-old man and arrested her husband in Moza Ganga Singh area here. Police said Aasia, in her statement, has confirmed that she was brutally tortured and forced to marry while Mian Fayyaz, denying the charges, said that the marriage occurred on mutual consent of two families. Sources said that Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has taken the note of the incident but no government source has yet confirmed the reports.Posted by: Fred 2009-05-27 |
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