In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a father tried to marry his 12-year-old daughter to a 72-year-old man. According to Pakistani media Ary News, the police reached their house on time and stopped the Nikah and arrested the groom.
Police said that the girl’s father Alam Syed had sold his daughter to 72-year-old Habib Khan for 5 lakh Pakistani rupees. After this, it was decided to get the two married. As soon as the matter was reported, the police reached the girl’s house. They arrested the groom Habib and Nikah Khwaan (person who conducts the marriage). However, the girl’s father fled from there.
Police engaged in finding the absconding father
The police have registered a case against the arrested accused and the father under the Child Marriage Act. Efforts are being made to find the girl’s father. Despite the law against the marriage of minor girls in Pakistan, such cases keep coming up in the country.
On May 6, in Swat city, a father married his 13-year-old daughter to a 70-year-old man. However, later the police reached there and arrested the father and the groom. Apart from this, they also arrested the Nikah Khawan and the people who were witnesses to the marriage and sent the girl to the hospital for medical examination.