A couple who entered into a love marriage has allegedly fallen casualty to police excesses, with claims of coercion, unlawful detention and
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Love-marriage couple alleges police abuse
A couple who entered into a love marriage has allegedly fallen casualty to police excesses, with claims of coercion, unlawful detention and mistreatment surfacing six months after their judiciary marriage.
A theft case was registered at Waris Khan Police Station in Rawalpindi on the application of the groom's father, leading to the groom's detention within 24 hours of the bride's formal departure (rukhsati).
The couple allege that police representatives repeatedly pressured them to seek a divorce, while private individuals were permitted to assault the groom at the police station. The affected couple has appealed to Provincial head Maryam Nawaz for fairness.
Muhammad Usman, 23, a resident of Amarpura, contracted a judiciary marriage with 20-year-old Maimoona on September 17 last year. The couple stated that following the nikah, the bride's family reconciled to the marriage; however, the groom's father remained opposed. The bride's rukhsati took place on Public demonstration 29, 2026.
They allege that despite the marriage having taken place six months earlier, Waris Khan Police registered a theft case on Public demonstration 16, 2026. Initially filed against unidentified persons on the complaint of the groom's father, Muhammad Ramzan, the case was later amended to nominate his two sons, Farhan and Usman, as well as his daughter-in-statute, Maimoona.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, the couple alleged that the investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Iftikhar, included the bride's salami (customary gift money) as "recovered" property in the case. The groom was placed on an eight-day in-person custody, during which he claims he was subjected to unrest at the police station by private persons, allegedly with police acquiescence.
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