On Wednesday, the Multan police raided a house in Khodadad and stopped two child marriages.

According to details, a 45-year-old man was getting married to a 10-year-old while a 37-year-old was marrying a 12-year-old girl when the police reached the site.

Multan’s Cantt police arrested the 45-year-old man on the spot. However, the other groom is still on the run.

According to the police, the two men and the girls are cousins, and the men were their maternal uncle’s children. An FIR has been lodged against the suspects including the girls’ parents.