GIRL OF 12 KIDNAPPED TO WED MAN, 25
EXCLUSIVE: Gran tells of Molly's abduction
By Karen Bale And Cara Page
A 12-YEAR-OLD Scots girl has been kidnapped and taken to Pakistan - for a forced marriage to a man aged 25.
Molly Campbell was snatched from her school on the isle of Lewis on Friday and flown 4500 miles to her dad Sajad Rana's homeland.
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APART: Molly and mum Louise
Last night the youngster's distraught granny said she believes he will now make Molly become a child bride.
Violet Robertson, 67, said: "It's just terrible. Molly is only a little girl. It's an arranged marriage. She doesn't know the man. He's 25.
"Molly doesn't want to go to Pakistan. She wants to stay with her mum."
Violet claimed that Sajad had tried before to abduct Molly, whose given name is Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana.
She said: "He turned up outside her school a few months ago and tried to snatch her but she managed to get away.
"Molly's mum has been running from Sajad for a long time now. Sajad is a pig, and that's the nicest thing I can say about him.
"He won't hand Molly back - never. I'm scared that's her gone for good."
Molly has been living on Lewis with her mum Louise, 38.
She was taken from her school, the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, by her 18-year-old sister Tahmina.
Tahmina and Molly took a taxi to the airport and flew to Glasgow. They were met there by Sajad, who had been on Lewis the day before.
Sajad and the two girls caught a plane to Dubai, then travelled on to the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Molly is now thought to be in Lahore, where Sajad lives, or in Karachi, where he has relatives. Police in Scotland are trying to trace her.
Molly and Louise left their home in Glasgow 18 months ago. Relatives say they moved to get away from Sajad.
They set up home in Drummore, near Stranraer. But Sajad tracked them down again and they fled to Lewis.
Louise, Molly's legal guardian, was so desperate to stay hidden that she cut off all contact with her mum Violet and her three sisters.
Widow Violet said: "I haven't seen or spoken to my daughter since then. It really upsets me.
"But Louise was terrified because she found out Sajad had hired a private investigator to try and track her down."
After Sajad's previous bid to snatch Molly, Louise moved her to another school on Lewis.
Violet said: "She enrolled her under a fake name because Sajad would recognise her as his daughter if she called her Molly.
"Louise had to give her daughter a new name to protect her from her dad."
According to police, Sajad visited Lewis last Thursday but left for Glasgow hours later.
The next day, Molly vanished from school. She was last seen in the grounds of the Nicolson Institute at 10.50am.
She would normally have been in a class at that time. It is not known how she managed to leave the school without being missed.
Molly was reported missing at around 4.30pm - 90 minutes after she boarded the plane to Pakistan.
Northern Constabulary are working with Western Isles Council, Interpol, and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to find the schoolgirl.
Chief Inspector Murdo Fraser, area police commander for the Western Isles, said: "We will be doing all we can over the coming days to ensure Molly is reunited with her mother as soon as possible.
"It is important to underline that this is an isolated family incident."
Mr Fraser appealed for members of the public who may have seen Molly, her sister or her father in the Stornoway area to come forward.
Police particularly want to speak to taxi drivers who may have taken any of the trio to the airport, and to air passengers who travelled on the same flights. Sajad and the girls left Glasgow at 2.55pm on Friday on Emirates flight number EK026.
Molly is described as 5ft 4in tall and of medium build.
Anyone who knows anything about her disappearance is asked to contact police on 01851 702222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Louise and her partner, Kenny Campbell, are expected to make a public appeal for information today.
Pakistan has never signed up to the Hague Convention, an agreement which seeks to return abducted kids to their home countries.
But leading judges in Scotland and England have signed an agreement with the Pakistani authorities to handle such cases.
John Fotheringham, a family law expert from Edinburgh firm Fyfe Ireland, said last night: "The agreement was formed three years ago but I have never come across a case where it has been used in Scotland.
"It was designed to address situations exactly like this one. Now we have to wait and find out whether it works."
Molly is the youngest of the four children Louise had with Sajad.
The couple met at a market stall Sajad was running in Glasgow. Louise was just 16 and he was 23.
Violet said: "Sajad seemed a very nice man and was always very polite whenever I met him. He never caused me any problems and was accepted into the family straight away."
Sajad and Louise wed in a Muslim ceremony in May 1984. Louise adopted the name Shaza Ahmed Rana.
The following year, Louise had a son, Omar, now 20. She and Sajad then had a civil wedding at Glasgow's register office.
Louise and Sajad went on to have three more children, Tahmina, Adam and Molly.
Violet said: "When the marriage fell apart, there was no decision made as to who was to have custody of the children.
"The kids all stayed with their dad at first.
"But it was very unsettling for them because Sajad kept moving them around Scotland and to London because of his market stalls. He also owns a lot of property around the country.
"It all got out of hand. Eventually, Sajad decided he was going to take all the children away to Pakistan with him.
"Louise was devastated. She missed her kids so much."
Violet said all the children later decided to return to their mum in Scotland. She added: "For a while everything was good and Louise was really happy. But it soon became clear that Sajad wouldn't rest until he had his family back in Pakistan with him.
"Last year, Adam and Tahmina decided they wanted to go back to Pakistan to live, and Omar decided to get married and went off to live in London.
"But Sajad was furious that Molly was still in Scotland with Louise. He decided he wanted her back with him.
"My whole family has drifted apart because of this. I don't see any of my grandkids, who I love very much, and I don't see Louise.
"Sajad has taken away my grandkids and the whole family has lived in fear because of him."
