Chained boy rescued, grandfather arrested

TOBA TEK SINGH: Khanewal’s Kacha Khoh police on Monday rescued a 14-year-old boy who had been chained by his maternal grandfather as punishment for refusing to attend a religious seminary to learn the Quran. Asmar Wahid’s father had divorced his wife, who later contracted a second marriage. The boy was living with his maternal grandfather, Muhammad Luqman, who had enrolled him in a seminary. However, as the boy resisted, his grandfather chained and confined him in their house for the past 15 days. Following a complaint from a local resident, the police raided the house, rescued the boy, and arrested Luqman.

(Daily Dawn)

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