02-21-2006, 04:29 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>80-year-old Arab buys Indian bride for Rs 10 k</b>
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HYDERABAD: In a replay of an oft-recurring tale, an octogenarian Arab groom acquired a 27-year-old Indian bride from Hyderabad by paying a measly Rs 10,000. The groom and his accomplices have been arrested.
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Marfai, his two friends Khalid Juma Al-Sabri and Isa Juma Ali Al-Balushi and a Muslim cleric Qazi Mehmood Qureshi, who had performed the marriage were taken into custody by the police in Jawaharpur, Chowni Naad Ali Baig in the Muslim-majority old city after the girl raised an alarm.
According to Sandeep Shandilya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, south zone, Al-Marfai had landed in the city two days ago and was staying at a lodge in Talab Katta area. He had allegedly paid Rs.10,000 to Ahmed Bin Salam and Sabira Begum of Nawab Sab Kunta area to marry their daughter.
<b>Inquiries revealed that Ahmed Bin Salam is physically handicapped and has 10 children including nine girls. Five of his daughters are unmarried</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
timesofindia.indiatimes.c...422414.cms
HYDERABAD: In a replay of an oft-recurring tale, an octogenarian Arab groom acquired a 27-year-old Indian bride from Hyderabad by paying a measly Rs 10,000. The groom and his accomplices have been arrested.
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Marfai, his two friends Khalid Juma Al-Sabri and Isa Juma Ali Al-Balushi and a Muslim cleric Qazi Mehmood Qureshi, who had performed the marriage were taken into custody by the police in Jawaharpur, Chowni Naad Ali Baig in the Muslim-majority old city after the girl raised an alarm.
According to Sandeep Shandilya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, south zone, Al-Marfai had landed in the city two days ago and was staying at a lodge in Talab Katta area. He had allegedly paid Rs.10,000 to Ahmed Bin Salam and Sabira Begum of Nawab Sab Kunta area to marry their daughter.
<b>Inquiries revealed that Ahmed Bin Salam is physically handicapped and has 10 children including nine girls. Five of his daughters are unmarried</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
