ISLAMABAD: A man was arrested on charges of allegedly kidnapping a Christian woman and forcefully marrying her in Islamabad, ARY News reported Saturday.
Woman, identified as Saima, was recovered by the police on March 5 in Islamabad. The woman and the suspect were moved to hospital for medical tests.
However, Saima had refused to get her tests done and also recorded her statement before the medical superintendent in this regard.
The magistrate had subsequently ordered to send the woman to Dar-ul-Aman.
Read: Supreme Court overturns Asia Bibi’s death sentence, orders immediate release
After two days, the lady was again presented before the magistrate. She confessed before the judge that she had embraced Islam on her will, and married Khalid Satti in Islamabad.
After she was done recording her statement, she was again sent to Dar-ul-Aman. But her former husband Naveed Iqbal has alleged that she was kidnapped by Satti and forcefully converted.
Today, State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridi took notice of the incident and sought report from Inspector General (IG) Islamabad in this regard.
