Summary Minor girl was handed over to the Child Protection Bureau
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The police on Sunday intervened and stopped the wedding ceremony of an eight-year-old girl to a 20-year-old man upon a tip off from neighbours and registered a case against the groom and girl’s father.
According to details, the wedding ceremony of an eight-year-old girl was underway to an adult man in Lahore’s Nawab Town area when the police intervened and stopped the wedding.
The groom, Khizer and girl’s father Abbas was arrested by the police. The minor girl told the police in her statement that she was dressed as a bride and was also told that she is being married today.
The police took the cauldrons of food, wedding goods and drums into custody and registered cases against the groom and girl’s father.
Khizer and Abbas said in their statement to the police that it wasn’t a wedding but rather an engagement ceremony. The insisted the wedding was to take place a few years after the engagement.
As per the police, the minor girl was handed over to the Child Protection Bureau and the accused will now be prosecuted under the law.
