NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Police raided a home in Kore-Ja-Bhan village in Naushahro Feroze district and detained a number of individuals after being reported about underage marriage of a lady within the village.
Police detained scores of individuals attending the ceremony together with Nikahkhwan and kin of the bride.
The would-be-groom, Abdul Ghafoor Solangi, slipped from the scene, police is conducting raids for his arrest, officers stated.
“The wedding of the underage woman was being solemnized by pressure when the police performed a raid,” stated the police.
Earlier, in Could Dadu police foiled an underage marriage and arrested the bridegroom and his father in a raid and registered a case in opposition to them.
In line with police, the division was reported concerning the marriage of an underage 12-year-old woman within the jurisdiction of the A-Part police station in Dadu.
“A police get together led by SHO Liaquat Ali Sarki performed a raid and took the underage bride in police custody,” officers stated.
Police officers additionally detained bridegroom Raja Panhwar and his father Niaz Panhwar.
A case was registered below the Baby Marriage Act in opposition to the bridegroom, Nikahkhwan and oldsters of the bride and the groom, police stated.
Regardless of underage marriage has been prohibited below the regulation, youngster marriages are frequent in a number of components of Pakistan, which has been among the many nations having the very best variety of ladies married earlier than the age of 18, in response to a information report.
