Hyderabad : Continuing its crackdown on aged Arab nationals marrying minor girls, Hyderabad police on Tuesday arrested three more Omani citizens and two qazis. As part of the investigations into the racket busted last week, police conducted searches at various places and made the arrests, reports IANS.
Ali Abdullah Rafi, one of the chief qazis of Hyderabad who was absconding, was arrested in the old city and based on the information provided by him three Omani nationals who were in the city to marry minor girls were taken into custody. An assistant qazi was also arrested.
Deputy Commissioner of Police V. Satyanarayana told reporters that the police have also initiated proceedings to deport two Qatari nationals. Last week, the police claimed to have busted a huge racket with the arrest of 20 people including five Omani and three Qatari nationals.
