KHANEWAL: A woman in Mian Channu, Khanewal has complained police against her husband and brother in law for subjecting her to severe torture over for refusing to make tea for them, media reports revealed, according to a first information report (FIR) registered on Monday.
She said that her brother-in-law struck her with an axe on the right side of her nose and injured her. Additionally, his son struck her hand with another axe. According to the woman, her brother-in-law dragged her from her hair and instead of saving her, the woman’s husband also began to hit her.
According to the victim, the people in the neighborhood heard her screams and rushed towards their house. Later, she stated, she was shifted to the hospital for treatment of her severe injuries. Mian Channu Sadar police station registered FIR against the suspects under Section 354 of Pakistan Penal Code. The police officials say that a team has been constituted and soon the suspects will be brought to justice.
Station house officer (SHO) Malik Tayyab Sarfaraz said that on the instructions of Khanewal district police officer (DPO) Umer Saeed Malik, searches were conducted and two of the primary suspects — woman’s husband and nephew — were arrested.
The DPO said that teams had been formed for the arrest of the third suspect — the victim’s brother-in-law — who the DPO said, should be arrested soon.