SUKKUR: A couple seeking the court’s help against alleged threat to their lives for having contracted a freewill marriage were whisked away by a team of policemen on Tuesday.

A taxi carrying Allah Rakhio Momdani and his wife Arabi Chachar was intercepted by a convoy of four police vans while they were on their way to a Hyderabad court for the hearing of their application for protection, sources in Mirpur Mathelo said.

Residents of Mureed Shakh village near Ubauro town of Ghotki district, the couple has been changing places to escape the wrath of the woman’s family since their marriage a few weeks back.

Mr Momdani’s brother, Inam Momdani, appeared before the media to seek the relevant authorities’ help in saving the couple’s life. He apprehended that the couple might be handed over to the Chachars who, according to him, had kidnapped two Momdani women, wives of Punhal Momdani, in a revengeful act a few days ago. Police recovered the women only on Monday, he said.

He told the media that Chachars reportedly handed over the two women to the police on the condition that they would in turn hand over the freewill couple to the Chachars.

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2015

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