Police break up six-year-old’s wedding
Police officials raid wedding, arrest guests, bridegroom being wed to his six-year-old cousin.
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 30th, 2010.
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 30th, 2010.