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19-09-04, 03:28 AM
Police arrests paedophile foreigners, rescue minor girl
Sunday September 19 2004
HYDERABAD: Police here have arrested two nationals of Oman for allegedly forcing a Muslim minor girl from this city into prostitution after her marriage with a middle-aged Arab.
A police team, which had gone to Mumbai on Friday, rescued teenager Praveen after raiding a hotel and arrested two nationals of Oman.
Omer Sayeed and Nasser Hameed Mohanned, both aged about 60, were brought to Hyderabad on Saturday along with the girl.
Praveen, the daughter of a fruit vendor, was married to 53-year-old Omani national Mahather Hameed Abdullah al-Ghailani a month ago. Her name was changed to Asiya after marriage.
After spending four days in the city, the Omani husband took the girl to Mumbai. However, he allegedly deserted her and left for Oman, leaving her in the "care" of others.
The police team rushed to Mumbai after Praveen informed her neighbours on phone that she was being forced into prostitution at a hotel frequented by Arabs.
She told newsmen at the airport that she was around 15 or 16 years old and that her marriage was performed with her consent. "But I was shocked after what they did to me on reaching Mumbai," said a weeping Praveen. She said she would never go to Oman.
Praveen holds a valid passport issued in 2001. Her date of birth is mentioned as Dec 10, 1973, but police say the girl is a minor aged between 16 and 17 and not 31 as per the passport. Police seized her passport.
She said the bridegroom promised to pay Rs.5,000 for the marriage but the brokers who had brought the Arab to her parents and promised that the marriage would remove their poverty pocketed the money. Police suspect that the girl's parents forced her into marriage.
Police have launched a manhunt for the brokers.
She is one of seven daughters of fruit vendor Syed Basheer and Sugra Bee, residents of Bhavaninagar in the Old City. Her two elder sisters were married to Arab nationals two years ago but their whereabouts are not known.
The incident has once again brought into sharp focus the serious problem of poor parents marrying off their daughters to rich Arabs.
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Sunday September 19 2004
HYDERABAD: Police here have arrested two nationals of Oman for allegedly forcing a Muslim minor girl from this city into prostitution after her marriage with a middle-aged Arab.
A police team, which had gone to Mumbai on Friday, rescued teenager Praveen after raiding a hotel and arrested two nationals of Oman.
Omer Sayeed and Nasser Hameed Mohanned, both aged about 60, were brought to Hyderabad on Saturday along with the girl.
Praveen, the daughter of a fruit vendor, was married to 53-year-old Omani national Mahather Hameed Abdullah al-Ghailani a month ago. Her name was changed to Asiya after marriage.
After spending four days in the city, the Omani husband took the girl to Mumbai. However, he allegedly deserted her and left for Oman, leaving her in the "care" of others.
The police team rushed to Mumbai after Praveen informed her neighbours on phone that she was being forced into prostitution at a hotel frequented by Arabs.
She told newsmen at the airport that she was around 15 or 16 years old and that her marriage was performed with her consent. "But I was shocked after what they did to me on reaching Mumbai," said a weeping Praveen. She said she would never go to Oman.
Praveen holds a valid passport issued in 2001. Her date of birth is mentioned as Dec 10, 1973, but police say the girl is a minor aged between 16 and 17 and not 31 as per the passport. Police seized her passport.
She said the bridegroom promised to pay Rs.5,000 for the marriage but the brokers who had brought the Arab to her parents and promised that the marriage would remove their poverty pocketed the money. Police suspect that the girl's parents forced her into marriage.
Police have launched a manhunt for the brokers.
She is one of seven daughters of fruit vendor Syed Basheer and Sugra Bee, residents of Bhavaninagar in the Old City. Her two elder sisters were married to Arab nationals two years ago but their whereabouts are not known.
The incident has once again brought into sharp focus the serious problem of poor parents marrying off their daughters to rich Arabs.
For more about this article, click here (http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEA20040918052007&Title=Southern+News+-+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0)
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