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FOREIGNERS ARRIVE ON TOURIST VISAS, perform contract marriage and leave after a month or so.
For years, Haji Khan, a manky man in his thirties -moved inconspicuously in the by-lanes of Hyderabad Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf States-
Pocketing about 10,000 rupees, [$150] for each girl. Khan struck two kinds of deals : 'Pucca' meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly back with her husband to his home country-
And 'time pass' marriages that lasted for the duration of the man's stay in India.
''We lined up 20 to 30 girls for each Arab in a hotel and he would select one. They [the men] gave the rejected girls 200 rupees {$3} to go back home.'' said Khan, now a police informer.
''The men came with old, used bridal clothes, soaps and nightgowns for the girls they would marry.
Most marriages were ''time pass,'' Khan told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Police in the southern Indian city, a hub for tech companies, last month busted a racket involving wealthy men from-
Gulf States such as Oman and Dubai ''marrying'' teenage Muslim girls/students in Hyderabad for the duration of their stay in India.
At the end of the marriage, the men signed post-dated divorce documents, to be delivered to the brides after their new husbands had left the country.
The marriages were performed by a Muslim officiant, or qazi, who forged the bride's age to show her an adult.
For years, Haji Khan, a manky man in his thirties -moved inconspicuously in the by-lanes of Hyderabad Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf States-
Pocketing about 10,000 rupees, [$150] for each girl. Khan struck two kinds of deals : 'Pucca' meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly back with her husband to his home country-And 'time pass' marriages that lasted for the duration of the man's stay in India.
''We lined up 20 to 30 girls for each Arab in a hotel and he would select one. They [the men] gave the rejected girls 200 rupees {$3} to go back home.'' said Khan, now a police informer.
''The men came with old, used bridal clothes, soaps and nightgowns for the girls they would marry.
Most marriages were ''time pass,'' Khan told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Police in the southern Indian city, a hub for tech companies, last month busted a racket involving wealthy men from-
Gulf States such as Oman and Dubai ''marrying'' teenage Muslim girls/students in Hyderabad for the duration of their stay in India.
At the end of the marriage, the men signed post-dated divorce documents, to be delivered to the brides after their new husbands had left the country.
The marriages were performed by a Muslim officiant, or qazi, who forged the bride's age to show her an adult.
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