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Home Pakistan Police arrest 13 Jirga members in swara case

Police arrest 13 Jirga members in swara case

by News desk
October 12, 2020
in Pakistan

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Our Correspondent

Dir Upper

Police on Sunday arrested 13 members of Jirga which solemnized marriage of eight-year girl under swara custom to resolve family dispute. Police came to know that two families in Charkum Sultan Khel Darah were settling honour dispute by giving a eight-year-old girl in swara to mature person in Jirga. District Police Officer, Tahir Iqbal Khan said that the jirga was held to settle an honour-related dispute between the two families.
According to details, Safiullah, brother of girl who was given in swara was accused of having illicit relationship with woman of other family and received death threats. On the directives of DPO, SHO Sahibabad Police Station, Hussain Khan conducted a raid.