Islamabad policeman sent to jail for beating pregnant wife

Three months pregnant wife suffers miscarriage as a result of the incident

HARIPUR: A judicial magistrate Friday cancelled the bail before the arrest of a police constable who had been accused of subjecting his wife to severe torture leading to her miscarriage.

Khalabat police said that Sarfraz, a constable with the Haripur Elite Force and a resident of Khalabat Township had allegedly beaten his wife over a minor issue last week. As a result of which she, being three months pregnant at the time, suffered a miscarriage.



She had subsequently filed a complaint against her husband with the Khalabat police who registered a criminal case against police personnel under section 328 of Pakistan Penal Code.

However, Sarfaraz obtained bail-before-arrest from the court.

On Friday, a district court cancelled his bail. He was subsequently arrested and sent to the Haripur jail on judicial remand.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 25^th, 2017.