Punjab

Police break up six-year-old’s wedding

Police officials raid wedding, arrest guests, bridegroom being wed to his six-year-old cousin.

Express November 30, 2010

SHEIKHUPURA: Police officials arrested the bridegroom and wedding guests after they raided a wedding ceremony of a six-year-old girl.

According to the station house officer (SHO) Bilal Zafar, Chowki Jeevan Pura officials arrested the 23-year-old bridegroom Zahid and his father Allah Dita from the scene. “We received a tip off about the marriage but it took us a while to find the place as the wedding was being conducted in secret,” Zafar said. Police officials also arrested the nikah khawan Maulvi Ghaus from the ceremony and recovered a marriage certificate.

The witness at the wedding Habibullah and several wedding guests were taken into police custody for questioning. The bridegroom Zahid belongs to Mian Rahemian and was being wed to his six-year-old cousin Uzma. “Most of the wedding guests fled when they saw us coming but we sealed off the wedding site and recovered the girl,” Zafar said. Police officials said that when they questioned the girl’s family they said that the child had agreed to the marriage. “Uzma didn’t really have much idea of what was happening here and said that her parents had told her she would get many gifts,” the police said, adding that the child did not know she was getting married.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 30^th, 2010.

COMMENTS (10)

female NY | 13 years ago | Reply When will we ship this people back where they come from? Even if we do send them to jail, we pay for it with our tax money. For what? So they can do it again ones out? We lost our backbones, in the name of tolerance. This country is no longer the land where our fathers brought freedom and Christianity. This Country is freedom for those in power (they are free not to listen to the majority) and Christianity is removed from schools and books and even churches so there's an excuse/ justification for the "sick" (another excuse) behavior. The foreign keeps their freedom, while the American looses it. The foreign gets their right while the American looses it. The foreign gets fed with federal help (food stamps) while the American pay for it. I am all for allowing the stranger to come to this beautiful country and find opportunities for a better life, but I wish that this country would keep the law that our founding fathers have written for every person that wants to make America their home. We have goan so far in the name of tolerance, now we see the consequence with such stories like this and others. May God, the Creator of heaven and earth redirect our hearth toward righteousness, justice, and reverence for Him and the work done at the Cross, the only way to Him.

Cautious | 13 years ago | Reply You sentence people to death for saying something offensive - wonder what the penalty is for being a child molester?

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Waqar | 13 years ago | Reply "Land of the pure.. Muslim country.. Yeah right" Lolab. Paedophilia is widespread all over the world and not just restricted to certain geographical boundaries or cultures. In the UK alone, you hear stories almost every week involving organised paedohile rings or individuals (both male and female) complicit in illicit relationships with minors. A few years ago the Belgian authorities busted a paedophile ring that implicated the power elite. Google 'The Scottish Paedophile 'Elite' And The Connections To The UK Government', it my be an eye-opener for some.

Habiba Younis | 13 years ago | Reply SICK!!!!

Lolab | 13 years ago | Reply Lol.. Land of the pure.. Muslim country.. Yeah right

User | 13 years ago | Reply why dose those people are going wild?????????????????

SA | 13 years ago | Reply Bravo.. police at work finally! Now I really hope this 23 year old sicko is punishable by law!! And the girl's parents must also get their share :>

Usman | 13 years ago | Reply amazing!!!

amjad ahsan | 13 years ago | Reply why is paedophilia so widespread in our society?? everyday we hear & read about such paedophiles as the sick,perverted bridegroom in this case who is 23 years old & is marrying a 6 year old !!! Why is our society so tolerant of such barbaric,medieval practices & rituals?? why are such maulvis allowed to go free after a little while in the lockup?? why aren't these apologists for paedophilia jailed for long terms where they really belong??

Someone | 13 years ago | Reply This is the age of Jahils...undoubtedly

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