Man accused of ‘selling’ daughters granted bail
Police said he had sold his minor daughters in marriage via a middleman
SWABI:
A man who is accused of selling his two daughters for money was granted bail by a court on Saturday.
The Kalu Khan police had on August 14, filed a case against Hidayatullah of the Shiwa village in Swabi, charging him with selling his two minor daughters in marriage for Rs350,000.
The police had also booked his accomplices and the marriage agent Mumtaz, originally a resident of Dagai but currently living in the Sikandari village of Swabi.
In the first information report of the incident registered by the police, Kalu Khan police station SHO Munsif Khan stated that he had learnt that a local man, Hidayatullah, had allegedly sold his two daughters 11-year-old Isma, and 10-year-old Husna, for Rs350,000.