PTI | Sep 6, 2011, 10.30PM IST
HYDERABAD: Four persons, including a United Arab Emirates national, have been arrested in connection with alleged forcible marriage of a minor here, police said on Tuesday.
Based on credible information, Santosh Nagar Police on the night of September 4, nabbed the 47-year-old bridegroom Hilal Saeed Mohammed Al Hilal, a municipal employee in Sharjah, and rescued the minor girl from the contract of marriage and from being deported, they said.
There have been several instances of old Arabs marrying young girls from Old City here in the past. The families of the victims have fallen prey to Arabs who bribe them with money and promise them to take their girls to Arab countries, but only to divorce them finally, police said.
In the particular case, when police reached Moin Bagh in Riyasathnagar area, the marriage was already solemnised by the Qazi. But, the bride was taken into safe custody and subjected to age determination test at Osmania General Hospital wherein it was found that she is a minor and aged 16, they said.
Qazi Mohd Waheeduddin without verification and authenticity of the age of the bride, fraudulently performed the marriage of the minor girl and obtained her signatures on marriage forms, blank forms and other documents, police said.
During investigation it was revealed that Mohammed Al Hilal, paid the parents of the girl Awan bin Salam Barawas and his wife Parveen Sultana, a sum of Rs 30,000.
During further enquiry, Mohammed Al Hilal allegedly confessed that he married the victim with an intention to fraudulently have sexual intercourse during his stay in India.
Mohammed Al Hilal, Waheeduddin, Awan bin Salam Barawas, and Sultana were booked under relevant sections of IPC and the Prohibition of the Child Marriage Act, 2006.
The marriage contract between the minor bride with Mohammed Al Hilal is null and void and necessary steps are being taken for the lawful custody of the minor victim bride girl, police said.
Based on credible information, Santosh Nagar Police on the night of September 4, nabbed the 47-year-old bridegroom Hilal Saeed Mohammed Al Hilal, a municipal employee in Sharjah, and rescued the minor girl from the contract of marriage and from being deported, they said.
There have been several instances of old Arabs marrying young girls from Old City here in the past. The families of the victims have fallen prey to Arabs who bribe them with money and promise them to take their girls to Arab countries, but only to divorce them finally, police said.
In the particular case, when police reached Moin Bagh in Riyasathnagar area, the marriage was already solemnised by the Qazi. But, the bride was taken into safe custody and subjected to age determination test at Osmania General Hospital wherein it was found that she is a minor and aged 16, they said.
Qazi Mohd Waheeduddin without verification and authenticity of the age of the bride, fraudulently performed the marriage of the minor girl and obtained her signatures on marriage forms, blank forms and other documents, police said.
During investigation it was revealed that Mohammed Al Hilal, paid the parents of the girl Awan bin Salam Barawas and his wife Parveen Sultana, a sum of Rs 30,000.
During further enquiry, Mohammed Al Hilal allegedly confessed that he married the victim with an intention to fraudulently have sexual intercourse during his stay in India.
Mohammed Al Hilal, Waheeduddin, Awan bin Salam Barawas, and Sultana were booked under relevant sections of IPC and the Prohibition of the Child Marriage Act, 2006.
The marriage contract between the minor bride with Mohammed Al Hilal is null and void and necessary steps are being taken for the lawful custody of the minor victim bride girl, police said.
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