Bride held after firing on groom released from police custody

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In this March 2, 2015 photo, Klara Balogova is silhouetted against a window at a Roma settlement near Kralovsky Chlmec, Slovakia. Balogova was 18, penniless and pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met. Each year, dozens of women from the poorer corners of eastern Europe are lured to travel to western Europe for sham marriages with men who pay large sums because they want to live, work or claim benefits more easily in their chosen country and move freely within Europe. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

LAHORE: A newly-wed bride, who had been arrested for allegedly orchestrating an assassination attempt on her husband on their wedding day last month, was released by police on Sunday.

The bride, named Zara, was let go after no apparent progress was made in the case.

According to police, the bride was released on request of the groom’s father.

Earlier in February this year, the groom, 25-year-old Imran, was critically injured after he was fired at by two unidentified gunmen in Shafiqabad area, just as he was returning from his wedding.

The groom’s father had filed an FIR, following which police had detained the bride and her two others.

The incident left Imran critically injured. He was later admitted to the Mayo Hospital for medical aid.

The gunmen had fled the scene, police said.