HYDERABAD, July 12: A widow, Sukhan, mother of three sons and five daughters has alleged that she and her children were kidnapped by more than one dozen persons on June 17 and forcibly married to one Mir Mohammad, son of Aachar, while her daughter Fatima to Allah Warayo, son of Juman.

She had appealed for justice and recovery of her two daughters and one son.

Speaking at a news conference at the press club here on Thursday, she said that she was a resident of Manganhar Mohalla, Dhoronaro, taluka and district Umerkot while her husband Abdul Karim died some two years back.

She appealed to higher authorities for an investigation through an honest officer and recovery of her two daughters Fatima and Ummat, and a son Yaqoob.

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