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| Police foil 13-year-old girl's marriage to 55-year-old man staged by her father |
| 2018-02-18 |
| [DAWN] Police raided a marriage ceremony in Hassanabdal, foiling a bid to marry off a teenaged girl with a 55-year-old man, it emerged on Saturday. The 13-year-old girl's father and the accused groom were placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! while raids are being conducted to arrest the nikah khawan (officiator of the marriage), police said. According to police, the father hailing from Mardan had agreed to marry his daughter off to a man more than four times her age in exchange for the promise of a five-marla plot. The nikah was already performed on February 11 while the rukhsati (bridal departure) was scheduled to take place in village Pind Mehri on Friday. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... on the day of the rukhsati, neighbours alerted police about the child marriage bid after which police personnel conducted a raid and arrested the minor's girl father and groom. Police also took the girl into custody and sent her to a Darul Aman. SHO Saddar cop shoppe Tariq Mehmood told DawnNews that the 55-year-old groom had been living in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... for the past 20 years and had returned home only recently. His wife had left him six months ago and he already has two daughters, aged 12 and 6. The groom had offered to the victim's father, who is poor, that he would give him a five-marla plot in the same area if he lets him marry his daughter, to which the father had consented. Police have registered cases against the father, the groom and the absconding nikah khawan under the Child Marriage Restraint Act on behalf of the state, the SHO said. The two arrested men were presented before a local court, which handed them over to police on physical remand. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 His wife had left him six months ago and he already has two daughters, aged 12 and 6. Might wanna inquire what they've been subjected to, as well |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-02-18 09:52 |