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Girl taken into protective custody: police

By Bureau report
April 22, 2018

PESHAWAR: The local police on Saturday took a girl into protective custody after reports that she can be killed by the family for honour.

An official of the KP Police said that the woman from Urmar village, whose name is being withheld, had married a man after eloping with him. The family later brought the woman back home. The police on Saturday took the woman into custody and sent her to the shelter home after reports that she might be killed by the family for honour.