Video reveals woman pushed to death from train
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The brother of a woman found dead near railway tracks has filed an FIR accusing a railway police official of pushing her out from a moving train.
A video recording of the incident showed that the 29-year-old woman from Buchiana, Maryam, had allegedly been manhandled by a police official on the Millat Express and lost her life after being pushed from the train.
The victim, who hailed from Chak 648GB, used to work in a beauty parlour in Karachi and was on her way back to her village along with her 11-year-old nephew Muhammad Ghalib and nine-year-old niece Kanwal for Eid holidays.
When the train reached near Ahmedpur East in Bahawalpur district, she was thrashed by a policeman.
Later, her body was found near Chani Goth.
Her family had laid her to rest, believing her death to be accidental.
However, a video of the woman's ordeal has surfaced online.
Afzal, the brother of the deceased, reported to the police his sister was coming home with her nephew and niece on April 7 to spend the holidays when the incident took place.
He stated in his complaint that the woman was subjected to harassment and physical abuse by a railway police official, by Mir Hasan, and his two accomplices.
During the melee, Hassan pushed her off the moving train, resulting in her death.
The entire incident was captured on video, showing Maryam's altercation and subsequent mistreatment.
The complainant stated that an ASI of the Chani Goth police station had informed the family about the death of the woman on April 8.
The police had brought the body to the village after the post-mortem and the family buried her, believing it to be an accidental death.
However, when the video of the police torturing his sister surfaced, the family discovered that she had been murdered.
The nephew of the deceased stated Mir Hasan, accompanied by two colleagues, had subjected her to torture. They forcibly dragged away her along with the children. The children were later abandoned at a railway station, where they found their aunt's body lying on a charpoy.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2024.