“Police arrested the teacher and his relative who is working in the hotel and transferred the girl to a juvenile center,” a security source told Arab News. She will be sent to Riyadh after investigations.

The girl told police that her parents have been separated and had married her to a 62-year-old man as his third wife, adding that the old man treated her badly during their six-month marriage.

She said after she was divorced by the old man, she did not find anybody in Riyadh showing any sympathy toward her except the teacher. When she went missing her brothers informed police.

Hafsa Shuaib, head of the juvenile center in Makkah, said the girl underwent a medical checkup to see if she was pregnant or not. She will also receive counseling before sending her home.

Lt. Col. Abdul Mohsen Al-Maiman, spokesman of Makkah police, said security agents are still interrogating the teacher and the girl. “She will be taken to Riyadh for further investigations,” he added.