Police Raid The Wedding Of A 5- year-old Girl To A 22-year-old Man

The wedding between a 5-year-old girl
and a 22-year-old man was disrupted by
police in Pakistan, although they arrived a
tad late because the nuptials had already
been completed.



The wedding ceremony was taking place
in the village of Raman Shar in Dakhan
Town, Pakistan when police swooped in
and made arrests.




The groom Habibullah
Shar, the registrar Molvi Kifayatullah
Bhutto, 40, and the father of the groom
Gul Meer were all arrested. The bride and
her mother were also taken into custody.



All those accused and the bride were to be
prosecuted under the Early Child Marriages
Restraint Act of 2013. The action was later
said to be targeting the groom, his
parents and parents of the girl under
sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Pakistan Penal
Code.