Man beats wife for demanding Eid clothes

Scuffle landed the couple in court where woman filed for custody of minor

LAHORE: A woman was thrashed by her husband over demanding new clothes to celebrate Eid.

The scuffle took them to the court where the woman filed a petition seeking recovery of the minor from her husband.

The petitioner woman named Sadaf Shehzadi contended in her petition that she was thrashed black and blue from her husband when she demanded new clothes for Eid.

The victim said her husband Imran Ali rather than convincing her with dialogue, started thrashing her over the demand, and finally, she was expelled from his house.

She came to her parents’ house after that. She contended that she has been demanding her son from her husband but Ali denied returning him.

She prayed the court to direct the concerned police to produce the minor before the court after recovering him from the possession of her husband.

The court ordered the police to produce the minor before the court.

Additional district and sessions judge Jamshed Mubarak handed over the minor to the petitioner woman Shehzadi.

Speaking to the media, Ali said that he did not thrash her and it was just a heated argument between them on the demand for the new clothes.

The man said he was a worker in a factory but all the businesses are closed due to the lockdown. “I requested my wife not to demand the new clothes as I was not earning money during the lockdown but she remained adamant on her stance,” said Ali.

He regretted his conduct adding that his wife should also cooperate with him when they are passing through a critical phase.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2020.