3 men held for ‘parading woman naked’

Complainant alleged she was humiliated for rejecting marriage proposal

LAHORE:

Woman has complained to the police that she was paraded naked in streets after severe torture by armed men in Gulberg-II after she rejected a marriage proposal.

Police have arrested three suspects nominated in the case.

The victim stated in her complaint before Ghalib Market police that she was at her home with her parents when Waseem Masih, his brother Nauman Masih and Sakindar Masih along with accomplices barged in with weapons and tortured her servants. She said Waseem hit her in the head with a pistol and it started bleeding. He also yelled at his accomplices to tear apart her clothes and parade her in the street, and they followed the orders.

She continued that the assailants continued torturing her during the ordeal, until two passersby intercepted them, covered her and helped her escape from their wrath.

The suspects fled from the spot while threatening her and also took away the DVR of CCTV cameras installed at the place.

The complainant said Waseem wanted to marry her but she had turned down his proposal owing to difference of religion and caste.

Police have arrested three suspects nominated in the case and are investigating the matter further.

Meanwhile, Gulshan-e-Ravi police registered a case against Umar Farooq, the husband of Nazish, a victim of domestic violence.

The case was registered on basis of the woman's medico-legal report. She was subjected to torture and her neck bone had fractured. Nazish said in her complaint that her husband was a businessman and an influential person. He had been subjecting her to violence along with her in-laws over minor issues. Police said they were searching for the suspect who was on the run. Violence against women continues to remain a serious issue in the country.

According to a report of a non-government organisation (NGO), 4,734 cases of sexual violence had been reported between 2004 and 2016.

At least 15,222 cases of honor crimes, 1,535 of burn injuries, 1,843 of domestic violence and 5,508 cases of abduction of wen were reported during the period.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2020.