Dua gained national attention after she unexpectedly vanished from Karachi in April. She subsequently claimed that she had fled her home to wed Zaheer.
Tuesday saw the continuation of temporary pre-arrest bail for Zaheer Ahmed, the main suspect in the Dua Zahra “kidnapping” case, and his brother Shabbir.
The brothers’ requests for an extension of their bail were heard by Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Rajesh Chandar Rajput.
Both have been arrested for the suspected kidnapping of the adolescent girl.
Dua Zahra’s Case Update
Zaheer Ahmed, accused of kidnapping and marrying a minor girl named Dua Zahra, was ordered on Wednesday by the court magistrate (East) to provide his call records from April 15 to April 19.
The parents of Dua Zahra reported her missing in the middle of April. Later, it got discovered that she had wed Zaheer Ahmed in Lahore.
The court then ordered the IO to present the CDR for the new number at the following session. In addition, it requested a further challan in the matter, and the hearing got postponed until July 20.
Jibran Nasir, the attorney for Mehdi Kazmi, the father of Dua Zahra, said at the hearing that new investigation orders made the challan for classifying the case as class-C invalid.
The petitioner sought that Zaheer is punished if he were found guilty of rape since neither the laws of Sindh nor those of Punjab allow marriage before the age of 16.
On August 1, the adolescent girl is scheduled to be brought before Judicial Magistrate Aftab Ahmed Bughio by the investigating officer in the Dua Zehra kidnapping case.
Who Is Dua Zahra’s Husband Zaheer Ahmed?
There are not many details about Zaheer Ahmed on the internet.
Zaheer is making headlines in the media after he got found marrying Dua Zahra who is just 15 years old.
The main suspect in the Dua Zahra “kidnapping” case Zaheer Ahmed got an interim pre-arrest bail on Tuesday.
Additional District and Sessions Judge East presided over the trial. Under tight police surveillance, the court heard Zaheer’s request for release.
The Sindh High Court (SHC) had decided last week that Dua Zehra could not be allowed to live independently in Lahore until she reached adulthood.
More details will surface in the media as the Dua Zahra case progresses in court.
Dua Zahra’s Brother Got Bail Extension
On July 21, Zaheer and his brother, Shabbir, were given a temporary pre-arrest release, but they had to provide a guarantee of Rs. 100,000 for each.
The judge ordered the brothers to cooperate with the inquiry. The judge decided whether or not to approve the boys’ temporary release from custody on July 26.
On July 16, the police informed a sessions court that 24 people, including Zaheer and his brother, had been suspected of taking part in Dua’s unauthorized union with Zaheer.
Dua is now being held in the Child Protection Bureau in Karachi after being transferred from a shelter home in Lahore after a Lahore High Court decision.
Officials from the Child Protection Bureau said that she had been given perfect security measures.
Who Are Dua Zahra’s Parents?
Dua’s parents reported her abduction from Karachi in an FIR they filed on April 16. Zahra got retrieved from Okara on April 26.
Later, she claimed before the Sindh High Court that she had not been abducted and had instead left her house on her own and chosen to marry Zaheer Ahmed voluntarily.
Dua stated that she was 18 years old, but a medical board eventually determined that she was between 15 and 16 years old.
Ahmed’s mother, Noor Bibi, apologized to Dua Zahra’s parents for the pain and suffering after their daughter vanished.