Pakistani man arrested for selling three-year-old daughter as a bride

Pakistani resident Abdul Baki was arrested for selling his little daughter as a bride. GBNews reports this.

Baki sold his three-year-old daughter to 60-year-old Salah Uddin. The transaction amount was 2.5 million Pakistani rupees (766 thousand rubles), but the father never managed to receive the money. He was detained because child marriage had recently been banned in his home province of Balochistan.

It is noted that the men made a deal within the framework of the local tradition - valvar. This is what some Pakistani tribes call the bride price, which the groom pays to her father or family for the right to marry her.

It is known that Baki’s eldest daughter was married to Uddin’s 30-year-old son. A few weeks before the deal involving a three-year-old girl, Kamran beat her to death with iron sticks. She was about 14-15 years old. The police are now investigating whether this crime is related to the deal between Uddin and Baki.

Baki himself stated that Uddin put pressure on him to organize a second Valvar. According to him, at first the elderly man insisted that he be given an eight-year-old girl as his wife. However, Bucky decided to sell his youngest daughter to him.