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Summary Police have arrested the cleric accused of sentencing 6 people to death for dancing at a wedding.
Police have arrested a cleric and his companion for issuing the death decree, but they totally denied it, local administration official Aqal Badshah Khattak told.The cleric has said he had no role in the decree and his name was misused, Khattak said.The men and women had allegedly danced and sung together in Gada village, in defiance of strict tribal customs that separate men and women at weddings.But on Tuesday, district police chief Abdul Majeed Afridi said it appeared to be a case of tribal rivalry and an attempt to defame a family.He said the video was recorded three years ago and then edited in an attempt to implicate the party goers.I am satisfied that there is no danger to the life of the girls, he said.
