Kidnapped: Teenage girl abducted

ABBOTABAD: A man accused a local prayer leader for abducting his teenage daughter and selling her off to another man, police said on Sunday. Muhammad Sultan*, a farmer of Kamela Sherwan village told newsmen that his daughter Huma* Bibi,13, went missing from their home about a week  back. However, initially he did not tell anyone for fear of being stigmatised. However, later, he told the police, who failed to find any clue of the girl. Meanwhile, he said that he monitored the activities of a prayer leader Molvi Rafiq and found him guilty. He alleged that he had “solid proof” that the accused had sold his daughter to a Pashtun man, who was working on a road construction project. Moreover, he accused the local police of supporting Rafiq by not registering a criminal case against him. Meanwhile, Sherwan Police have started investigations.  *Names have been changed to protect identities

Published in The Express Tribune, September 17^th, 2012.