Abducted girl rescued at her wedding ceremony in Balochistan

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Abducted girl rescued at her wedding ceremony in Balochistan

Ali Jan Mangi Published July 11, 2021

A police party headed by CIA in-charge Gul Hassan Behrani raided the house of the suspect in Muhabat Shaikh village where a ceremony for the girl's marriage to him was under way. — Reuters/File

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DERA MURAD JAMALI: Police on Saturday rescued an orphan teenage girl, who was being allegedly forced to marry an old man, and arrested four people on abduction charges.

Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jaffarabad, Sardar Hassan Musakhail said that the 13-year-old girl was abducted 20 days ago from Hyderabad when she was on her way to school.

A police party headed by CIA in-charge Gul Hassan Behrani raided the house of Mashooq Ali in Muhabat Shaikh village where a ceremony for her marriage to Mashooq was under way.

The SSP said the police arrested Mashooq Ali, his father and two witnesses, including the Nikkah Khawan, on the charges of abducting and forcing the girl to marry the old man.

Later, the girl and Mashooq Ali were handed over to the Hyderabad police.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2021

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Niaz

Jul 11, 2021 12:11pm

He must be charged cases of kidnapping forcibly marrying and ect. Hence noone can be take action like this.

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Ibrahim S

Jul 11, 2021 03:54pm

The minimum marriage age must be raised to 18 .

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M. Saeed

Jul 11, 2021 05:03pm

Why the law for underage marriage and further marriages of a married man without previous wife's consent, not being enforced?

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