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Jirga members held in Swat

MINGORA: Rejecting the bail before arrest of a 14-member jirga, the police arrested them in Bahrain in Swat district on Tuesday.

A 14-member jirga including Khurshid Ahmed, Ameer Karam, Riaz, Wazirzada, Muzaffar Shah, Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Rahim, Muhammad Riaz, former naib nazim Muhammad Gul, Ameerzada, Maulvi Abdul Wahid, girls’ father Humayun, boys’ father Nazir Gul had contracted marriage in connection of ‘Swara’ of 17-year-old Zulhaj with Sohrab on June 26, 2013, while a four-year-old Amina’s marriage was being arranged.

Following the incident, the police registered the case against them and they got bail before arrest from a local court. Rejecting the bail before arrest application, the Additional District and Sessions Judge Bahrain Khalid Khan Mohmand ordered the arrest of the jirga members.

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