Police in Peshawar, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, arrested a 72-year-old man for attempting to marry a 12-year-old girl, according to local newspaper Express Tribune. Authorities intervened before the nikkah could take place. The girl’s father, Alam Syed, is accused of agreeing to sell his daughter to the 72-year-old groom, Habib Khan, for 500,000 Pakistani … Read more
Two persons from a family of six, on their way home from a Chhath puja celebration, died on Monday morning after a man fired at them in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district. According to the police, the firing took place because he had been “refused permission” to marry a woman from the family. Four other family members … Read more
A law student was allegedly killed by her lover and his brother in Hyderabad’s Rein Bazar area on Saturday night. The accused stabbed the victim to death after she confronted him about their impending marriage. The victim met the accused while the two were volunteering at the same NGO. (Photo sourced by India Today) A … Read more