Lahore police stopped the rukhsati ceremony of a 13-year-old girl after receiving a report through the police emergency helpline 15, arresting the groom and five other people.
According to police, officers responded to the call and reached the location before the ceremony could take place.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the girl’s Nikah (marriage contract) took place on October 4, while her rukhsati, the ceremony marking the bride’s departure to her husband’s home, was scheduled for November 8.
Police registered a case against the suspects and launched further investigation into the matter.
In a similar incident in May, Dadu police in Sindh stopped the marriage of a 12-year-old girl during a raid in the jurisdiction of A-Section police station.
Police officials said that they received information about the underage marriage and dispatched a team led by Station House Officer (SHO) Liaquat Ali Sarki.
The police party took the girl into custody and detained the groom Raja Panhwar and his father Niaz Panhwar.
Officials said that police registered a case under the Child Marriage Act against the groom, Nikahkhwan (marriage registrar) and the parents of both the bride and groom.
