Trader held for chaining girl

NAROWAL: Sialkot police have arrested a shopkeeper who chained a mentally-retarded girl.

According to police spokesman Najam Faraz, the police received information that the shopkeeper in Tehsil Bazar in Sambaryal has tied a mentally-disabled girl with an iron chain.

He said DPO Muhammad Hasan Iqbal took strict notice of the information and immediately sent a police team to the spot. The team recovered the girl and arrested shopkeeper Muhammad Arshad after Sambriyal police registered an FIR.

Later, police handed over the girl to her parents.

Source: Dawn