Swabi: Woman held captive for a year rescued, three arrested

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Swabi: Woman held captive for a year rescued, three arrested

SWABI (Dunya News) - Police rescued a woman imprisoned in chains in a room in Dara village of Swabi for the last one year and arrested three accused.

DPO Swabi Mohammad Shoaib in a press conference said that the woman was chained and locked in a room by her real brothers for a year. The woman is divorced. The brothers imprisoned the sister to stop her from working and fighting a case against her husband.

According to the police, a family court has been approached regarding the expenses of the children from her husband.

Three accused have been arrested while one other will be arrested soon, said police.