HYDERABAD - Larkana police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a freewill marriage couple and one other in a search operation in Bhittai Nagar area of Hyderabad.
On a tip-off, a Larkana police team, acting on a female singer Naina Marvi’s kidnapping case, conducted a raid in Bhittai Nagar area of Hyderabad and arrested freewill marriage couple Naina Marvi, his husband Ali Raza and his father Sanwal Faqir.
The wife of Sanwal Faqir said that Naina had not been abducted as she had made a freewill marriage with her son Raza Ali, adding Naina had also released a video about her marriage with her son. She demanded of the Sindh government to help release his husband, son and daughter-in-law. It may be noted that the Naina’s father had lodged a kidnapping case of Naina against four persons including Sanwal Faqir at a Larkana police station.
Weather turns pleasant as rain lashes Hyderabad,
entailing power outage
Rain with light hailstorm lashed Hyderabad on Sunday, turning the weather pleasant while also entailing the power outage which began 2 hours before Iftar.
The light to heavy rain with thunderstorm and strong winds lasted for more than 50 minutes after starting at around 5 pm.
The power outage was widely reported from Hyderabad and the electric supply was not restored in many areas till the filing of this report.
COVID infection rate rises to 13pc in city
The district health authorities have diagnoses 61 persons infected with COVID-19 among some 506 tests which were performed during last 24 hours.
According to the daily situation report, the positivity rate has been recorded at 13 percent. As many as 733 active cases exist in the district out of which 33 are admitted in the COVID-19 ward of Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, 7 in Agha Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and 693 are under home isolation. Some 11,956 citizens of Hyderabad have recovered from the virus after infection while 297 lost the battle of their lives.