MULTAN:
A man gouged out the eyes of his former wife and broke her legs on Sunday to “teach her a lesson for having loose morals”, police said.
Rasheed Ahmad, a resident of Minchinabad in Bahawalangar, had married Shama Bibi 19 years ago. The couple had five children, three sons and two daughters.
The family was facing financial hardship and Shama started working as a maid in nearby houses last year.
Police said Ahmad was cross with Shama for working without his permission and had accused her of having a bad character. Ahmad had divorced Shama in February. She had later moved to Lahore along with her eldest son.
She had gone to see her other children at Ahmad’s house in Minchinabad on Sunday when her former husband started beating her after accusing her of dragging their daughters into prostitution.
He broke her legs and then gouged out her eyes with a tack hammer. Ahmad fled and the couple’s children and other relatives took Shama to tehsil headquarters hospital Minchinabad. She was later referred a hospital in Bahawalnagar. An FIR was registered on Shama’s complaint. Police arrested Ahmad two hours after the incident.
Ahmad confessed to beating Shama and blinding her. He told police that he did not want to kill Shama. “I wanted to send a message through her to all women with loose morals,” he said. According to the medical report, Shama had lost cornea in both eyes and had five fractures in both legs.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 1st, 2014.
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