The police foiled a bid of a marriage of an 80-year-old man with an eight-old-year girl and arrested the bridegroom on Tuesday.
The police on secret information launched a crackdown in Ghouspur area of Rohri where wedding of Sumera, 8, was going to happen with Hidayatullah, 80. The elderly bridegroom gave his daughter’s hand in marriage to brother of Sumera and in return he was going to get married with the eight-year old sister of son-in-law.
The police arrested the bridegroom while raids were underway to detain the parents of girl, nikah khawan and others involved in the inhuman and illegal practice. The Sindh Assembly has recently adopted a bill regarding child marriage which bars marriage of girls aged under 18 years.