Contract marriage racket busted in Hyderabad, two Sudanese held Submitted by admin3 on 28 June 2011 - 7:54pm Crime/Terrorism Indian

Muslim By IANS, Hyderabad: With the arrest of two Sudanese nationals, the Hyderabad police have busted another racket in contract marriages of poor Muslim girls to foreign nati onals. Police also arrested two 'qazis' (Islamic judges) who illegally performed the ma rriages and two pimps who would lure parents of poor and illiterate girls into s uch deals. This is the second such racket busted by the police in three days. In the first case Sunday, police arrested a qazi for forcing a minor girl to mar ry an Arab national. Deputy Commissioner of Police (south zone) Vineet Brijlal told reporters Tuesday that in the latest case two Sudanese nationals, both staying in Hyderabad on st udent visas, were arrested following a complaint by a minor girl. Identified as Mohammed Elshafie Mohammed Elhassan, 25, and Khaled Elrashid Khali d, 27, the two have been charged under various sections relating to sex with min or girl, kidnapping for forcible marriage and cheating. Nousheen Begum, 16, told police that she was forcibly married to Elhassan on Jun e 9 at the behest of her parents. At the time of the marriage performed by two q azis, she was shown as a major and her thumb impression was forcibly taken on bl ank bond papers so that they can later create "Qula nama" (or divorce executed b y the wife in favour of husband). Police arrested Elhassan on charges of having sex with a minor while his friend and roommate Khalid was taken into custody for misbehaving with her. The Sudanese bridegroom told police that he entered into a contract marriage wit h the girl for enjoyment and had no plans of taking her to Sudan after completin g his studies. Two pimps, Zahra Begum and Ghousia Begum, both aged 40, were luring parents of p oor minor Muslim girls into performing a marriage with foreigners. They had take n Rs.50,000 from Sudanese for his contract marriage. Qazi Syed Shakeeluddin and his assistant Syed Abdul Malik were also arrested for performing the marriage of a minor girl with a foreigner and forcibly taking he r signature. The incident came to light two days after police in the old city arrested a qazi , Ali Abdullah Rafai, for forcing a minor to marry an Arab. He had offered Rs.4 lakh to a 17-year-old girl's aunt for the marriage. As the girl's aunt backtrack ed, the qazi and his assistant and son threatened to kill her and her niece. The qazi allegedly performed several contract marriages between poor Muslim girl s and the old and physically challenged Arabs or Indians of Arab origin. The 53-year-old qazi was reportedly taking signatures of the brides and their pa rents on the divorce papers even before performing the marriages.

The police official attributed the increasing number of such cases to poverty an d illiteracy and appealed to parents to be careful while performing marriages of their daughters with foreigners. Share Comment viewing options Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to a ctivate your changes. Contract Marriages With Foreigners Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 29 June 2011 - 1:15am. I personally thought this article was sad,however I do know of bona fide marriag es between Muslims of different races & nationalities that were good examples of Islamic family life. I caution Muslim parents to conduct some type of backgroun d search on potential grooms,avoid rushed weddings and wali's that earn exorbita nt fees. A Muslim man with honest intentions will,inshallah,demonstrate admirabl e religious character. Islam clearly defines preferred qualities in selecting a spouse. The first being taqwa and the women's consent. Age is not a primary fact or as shown in our beloved Nabi (aws) marriages to Khadijah and Ayesha (ra). reply Share