Islamabad: Pakistan’s Gender Protection Unit (GPU) is cracking down on harassers and tormentors of women in Islamabad and Punjab.
Based on a complaint, the GPU in Islamabad recently registered a case against her husband, who according to the complainant, tortured and forced her to beg.
A medical report showed the woman had injuries on her nose and other parts of her body and her head was also shaven.
In the First Information Report (FIR), the woman claimed her husband also cut her hair and beat her for trivial issues and she could no longer take it.
Lady police officers investigated, registered an FIR and arrested the ‘culprit’
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Amnah Baig, head of the Islamabad GPU, in a tweet, announced the accused was arrested by the lady police officers of the GPU. “They registered the FIR, investigated the case and made the arrest. Domestic violence is a criminal act,” she said, requesting the public to report such cases to GPU’s toll-free number 8090.
She also posted a photo of the accused on her social media account in which the man, though his face blurred intentionally, was being handcuffed by a woman police official.
According to the Islamabad police spokesperson, the Inspector-General of Islamabad Police (IGP) Qazi Jamilur Rehman took notice of the complaint pertaining to domestic violence by the woman and ordered to giver her immediate relief.
After the arrest of the accused, the netizens hailed the women police of Islamabad for promptly arresting the ‘beast.’
Tmalik in a tweet said: “Such a poor woman should be given justice and the beastly man should be directed to pay money to his wife for her and children’s livelihood.”
Last month, Gujranwala police too, assigned the task to a lady police official to arrest a YouTuber who used to harass women in the name of playing pranks.
According to details, Khan Ali, who has over 323,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, was arrested by the city police after a clip from one of his ‘prank’ videos made the rounds on Twitter.
