Islamabad: A four-year-old girl was married to a 45-year-old man in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) to settle a dispute under a tribal custom.
Thirteen people, including a panchayat member, were arrested in Dera Islami Khan town in this connection and the court on Thursday sent them to judicial custody, the Dawn reported on Friday.
Those arrested included Mahboob, the man to whom the girl was married, the girl's father Alamsher, and the panchayat leader Saifur Rehman.
An FIR was registered against them on Wednesday.
According to the paper, the girl's uncle Farroq had eloped with a woman after which a panchayat slapped a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh on him. He was also asked to stay away from the area for five years.
However, the couple was later married. The panchayat met again and this time they decided to give the hand of four-year-old niece of Farooq to Mahboob, paternal uncle of his wife, to settle the issue.
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