No truth in Dua Zehra's abduction story, IO tells court.

KARACHI -- Sindh police on Thursday recommended cancellation of an FIR lodged by parents of Dua Zehra, who had gone missing from Karachi and was recovered from Punjab, saying that the claims about her kidnapping and being underage could not be proved.

On June 7, the Sindh High Court had allowed Zehra to decide whom she was intending to reside or go with after she denied on oath that she had been kidnapped by her purported husband, Zaheer Ahmed, saying that she had married him of her own free will.

The police had booked Zaheer Ahmed, cleric Hafiz Ghulam Mustafa, who had allegedly solemnised their underage marriage, and Ali Asghar, a witness to the marriage.

On Thursday, Judicial Magistrate (East) Aftab Ahmed Bughio fixed the matter for June 20 to hear arguments from the parties on the challan filed under Section 173 of the criminal procedure code.

Police urge magistrate to cancel parents' FIR

Earlier, Investigating Officer (IO) DSP Shaukat Ali Shahani filed the final challan stating that during investigation it was found that the circumstances, documentary evidence and statements of Dua Zehra were first recorded before a Lahore judicial magistrate under Section 164 of the CrPC and later before the SHC on oath and it turned out that the woman had gone from Karachi to Punjab of her own free will and no one had kidnapped her.

He said that a medico-legal officer's certificate also suggested Dua's age between 16 and 17 years, and therefore, no offence of her kidnapping was made out under Section 364-A of the Pakistan Penal Code, according to which an abductee's age must be less than 14 years.

The IO further said that since marriage of Dua and Zaheer had taken place in Lahore and because every province had...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT