SUKKUR: Armed men belonging to the Chachar community set off to different areas of Ghotki district and cordoned off the entry/exit points of Ghotki city, Khanpur Mahar, Adilpur, Shahpur and some other towns in a hunt for a teenage girl of their community who had left her house situated in Waryam Chachar village near Khanpur Mahar on Tuesday evening to contract a freewill marriage.

The armed men sprung into action as soon as they received the information that Zameeran, 18, had left her home to contract a freewill marriage with Shafiq Chachar, a resident of Kot Sabzal (Punjab). Her family has lodged a complaint of her kidnapping at the Adilpur police station.

The couple could not be caught till the last reports came in late on Thursday evening.

Published in Dawn, July 29th, 2016

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