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India-Pakistan
Two teenage girls forced into marriage rescued by Thar police
2019-04-08
[DAWN] Two teenage girls who were allegedly forced to marry older men from within their community were recovered by police officials in Kaloi town of Sindh's Tharparkar district on Sunday.

A police team headed by Station House Officer Hussain Bux Rajar of Kaloi Police Station raided Haji Khan Loond village as dinner was underway following the joint marriage ceremony. During the ceremony, a 14-year-old girl had been married off to a 24-year-old man while a 15-year-old girl had been married off to a 23-year-old man.

The police team nabbed
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both the bridegrooms on charges of forcibly marrying the teenage girls and brought their child brides to the cop shoppe for interrogation.

According to SHO Rajar, police also arrested the father of the 15-year-old girl and the brother of the 14-year-old during the raid.

Posted by:Fred

#1  Huh. Apparently, thar at least be some decent folks over thar in Thar. One also hopes that them thar police stay safe.
Posted by: JHH   2019-04-08 12:02  

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