Wife-beater arrested in Gujranwala after video goes viral

Author: Web Desk

GUJRANWALA: The video showing a man brutally beating a woman is doing rounds online. Now it emerged that Usman Arshad, who featured in the video as a beater, has been arrested for torturing his wife in front of children.

Watch the video

Punjab Inspector General Inam Ghani ordered Gujranwala RPO Rao Abdul Karim to take action taking notice of viral footage. The police said the incident occurred on Friday and the police took a day to trace the suspect Usman Arshad. A case was registered on the complaint of the woman’s father.

It is learned Usman is a habitual tormentor. He has beaten his wife many times.

According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the most common forms of domestic abuse are shouting or yelling (76 per cent), slapping (52pc), threatening (49pc), pushing (47pc), punching (40pc) and kicking (40pc). According to a media report, “KP police data shows an increase in the number of domestic violence cases registered in 2019, especially in murder. In 2018, 180 women were murdered in their households — in 2019, the figure rose to 217. Thirty-six women reported physical abuse at home in 2019, three times more than in 2018.”

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • Pakistan

Top Chinese military official lauds Pakistan’s counter-terror efforts

General Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), has commended the Pakistan…

1 hour ago
  • Pakistan

Punjab CM thanks people for rejecting ‘disruptors’

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed her gratitude to the people of…

1 hour ago
  • Pakistan

Belarus president winds up 3-day Pakistan visit

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko on Wednesday departed after completing a three-day official visit to…

1 hour ago
  • Pakistan

Kurram tribal clashes rage as death toll surges past 100

The recent clashes between the two warring sides in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district continued…

1 hour ago
  • Pakistan

US lawmakers, Amnesty decry ‘crackdown’ on PTI protesters

A number of United States' lawmakers along with Amnesty International have voiced support for demonstrators…

1 hour ago
  • World

Hamas signals willingness for ceasefire in Gaza after Lebanon

Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a senior official in…

1 hour ago