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LAHORE:
Lahore police arrested six people, including the groom and the father of a 13-year-old girl, after stopping her rukhsati ceremony at a marriage hall in Liaquatabad on Monday.
According to a spokesperson for the DIG Operations, police acted on a call received through helpline 15 and stopped the ceremony at Madina Marriage Hall in Kashmiri Mohalla.
Those arrested included the groom, identified as Subtul Hasan, and the girl’s father, Subtain. Four other people attending the ceremony were also taken into custody.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the nikah had been solemnised on October 4, while the rukhsati ceremony was scheduled for November 8.
