6 years old girl forced in marrying a man of 55 years

6-year-old girl known as Gharibgol has been sold into marriage after her father allegedly exchanged her for food stuffs

Relative raised the alarm about the this incident which led to the arrest of the groom, Seyed Abdolkarim and girl's father.

According to the father, he and his family were dying of hunger and by selling his daughter he had one less mouth to feed. He also insisted that the new husband of the girl had sworn not to have sexual inter course with her until she had turned 18.

After the wedding, Abdolkarim taking the girl to a relative's house in Firozkoh, in Ghor province, pretends she was his daughter.

But the concerned relative raised the alarm, insisting Abdolkarim was 'undressing her at night'.
Abdolkarim then told a relative: 'No [she's not my daughter], she's my wife, her father gave her to me.'
Not convinced, the relative opened up to a friend on the matter and the friend promptly called the local women's rights bureau.

Responding to the situation, the bureau says it will pursue a divorce and ensure the father is stripped of his parental rights.

The girl is reportedly now living with her mother.