Christian girl, 12, who was 'kidnapped, raped and chained up in a cattle pen for five months by Muslim man, 45, who forced her to marry him', is rescued in Pakistan and taken into care.
- The girl spent months chained up in the 45-year-old's yard cleaning up dung
- Her family claim police ignored their pleas for months before investigating
- Human rights groups say 1,000 girls are abducted into marriage each year
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A 12-year-old Christian girl who was allegedly abducted, raped and forced to marry a man who kept her chained up in a cattle pen in Pakistan has been rescued.
The underage girl spent five months bound in the 45-year-old Muslim man's yard where she would work all day clearing animal dung.
Police rescued the youngster in Faisalabad last month and found cuts from the shackles on her ankles.
A Christian girl who was allegedly abducted, raped and forced to marry a man who kept her chained up in a cattle pen in Pakistan has been rescued. Pakistani Christians protest against child marriage and forced conversion in Karachi. Mail.
