Makkah:An Arab man caught with a Saudi girl in his car was given a choice by the kingdom’s religious police to marry her and avert jail and deportation but he quickly took the punishment option.
According to local media, the police was on a routine night patrol when they saw the couple in his car in a deserted area in the western town of Makkah.
“They took them to their centre and accused them of having an illegal meeting but they told the man he would escape jail and deportation if he marries the girl,” Sabq newspaper said.
The man was kept in jail pending trial but the girl was later handed over to her elder sister, it said.
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