KHUZDAR: Levies on Sunday arrested a man in Zehri for forcibly marrying a 12-year-old girl after he had kidnapped the minor from Sindh and brought her to Balochistan.

Officials said the minor was kidnapped from the Hala area of Sindh and brought to Zehri’s Baghbana area, where the suspect married her.

Khuzdar Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti said after receiving the information about the kidnapped girl, the Levies and the police’s CIA team raided the house and recovered the minor.

They also arrested the suspect at his house in the Radhani village, where the girl was confined by the suspect.

The initial investigation revealed that the suspect abducted the minor from Hala and shifted her to Baghbana in Zehri tehsil, where he married her against her will.

The victim told the authorities that the suspect tortured her and subjected her to abuse as well.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2025