Karachi Police on Saturday told the court it would go to Lahore to arrest Dua Zehra\u2019s husband Zaheer as it requested integration of sections pertaining to underage marriage in the case citing a medical report.<\/p>\n
Some 33 suspects including eight women were nominated suspects in the case.<\/p>\n
A police report confirmed Zaheer\u2019s presence in Karachi before Dua Zehra fled home for an elope marriage.<\/p>\n
The police claimed to have concrete evidence of it after it obtained call detail record (CDR) and added that a team would go to Lahore to arrest Dua Zehra\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n
Citing the medical report, the police said that Dua Zehra was underage – according to marriage in both Sindh and Punjab provinces – and sought permission from the court for incorporation of sections pertaining to underage marriage in the first information report (FIR).<\/p>\n
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on July 7 granted protective bail to Zaheer Ahmed till July 14 \u2013 which has expired.<\/p>\n
Zaheer\u2019s lawyer told the court that Zaheer was nominated in Dua Zehra\u2019s abduction case registered in Karachi. Zaheer maintained that Dua married him of her free will, and he did not abduct her.<\/p>\n
The lawyer said they feared that the police might arrest his client and
\nrequested the court to grant Zaheer protective bail, so they could
\napproach the relevant court for interim bail.<\/p>\n
Dua Zehra had allegedly eloped to Punjab where she had solemnized her
\nmarriage as per the local laws by claiming to be 16 years of age.
\nHowever, her parents claimed that she had been kidnapped and brainwashed
\ninto the union and feared that she may be trafficked.<\/p>\n
A two-member medical board formed earlier in June had found that Dua
\nZehra\u2019s bones were not that of a 14-year-old.<\/p>\n
The chief radiologist further suggested that the girl\u2019s age was more
\ntowards 17 years of age. \u201cBone age is between 16 and 17 years,\u201d read the
\ncertificate.<\/p>\n
Based on that report, the Sindh High Court had allowed her to exercise
\nher free will and leave with whomever she wants. However, the court\u2019s
\ndecision was challenged by Dua Zehra\u2019s father in the Supreme Court which
\nsent the case back to a trail court.<\/p>\n
The trial court then issued directions to constitute a new medical board
\nafter the parents challenged the constitution and conduct of the
\nprevious medical board.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, a six-member medical board was formed to conduct a fresh
\nage determination test for Dua Zehra.<\/p>\n
On July 4, the medical board determined that the age of teenager Dua
\nZehra is between 15-16 years of age, closer to 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karachi Police on Saturday told the court it would go to Lahore to arrest Dua Zehra\u2019s husband Zaheer as it requested integration of sections pertaining to underage marriage in the case citing a medical report. Some 33 suspects including eight women were nominated suspects in the case. A police report confirmed Zaheer\u2019s presence in Karachi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-271581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n