Man booked for ‘torturing’ woman

Sujawal SSP says some local persons trying to influence case's investigation

KARACHI:

The police have registered an FIR against a man on charges of torturing and physically harassing a woman, Rehana Memon, for years.

According to the FIR registered on behalf of Rehana Memon, a resident of Sujawal, Zaheeruddin Shoro, who is a bank manager, had been subjecting her to abuse. She has stated in the FIR that she had a two-year-old daughter with Shoro, adding that her claim can be verified through DNA testing.

She separately told The Express Tribune that she had been in a relationship with Shoro for over seven years, accusing Shoro of torturing her on a regular basis.

Memon said she was earlier married to a police constable but the marriage ended within a month.

"This man [Shoro] destroyed my life after I married the constable… He is a criminal and an influential person," she remarked.

Memon further confirmed that persons in a video of a man physically harassing a woman in a house were she and Shoro. The video went viral on social media.

Meanwhile, Shoro, following his implication, was granted an interim bail. According to Sujawal SSP Altaf Hussain, the police are investigating the case, but are facing some difficulties due to "influential local [persons]."

"But the influence will not be a stumbling block in the course of the investigation," he assured. "The police will try their best to give justice to the woman and her daughter."

There have been reports of some social activists, journalists and politicians trying to influence the police into supporting Shoro.