Woman beaten by cop arrested

E-Paper | June 13, 2026

SIALKOT: The Daska police arrested on Tuesday a woman who was filmed being beaten up by a police official at the Daska judicial complex on Monday for ‘beating the assistant sub-inspector (ASI).

The Daska City police registered a case against Ruqaiya Bibi on the report of Satrah ASI Sarwar Ali that the woman in question had attacked the ASI in the courtyard of the magisterial court of Daska and beat him besides tearing his official uniform.

The first information report states the accused also tried to snatch Saania Akhtar (her daughter-in-law) from police custody after the police did not allow Ruqaiya to meet her. Footage of the incident, which went viral on social media sites, showed that the woman was beaten black and blue by the ASI in the presence of several bystanders.

Daska police arrested Ruqaiya while her daughter-in-law Saania is also in the Satrah police custody. She was rescued by police from her captors.

The family of Ruqaiya expressed grave concern over the “highhandedness” of Daska police, saying she was the victim of police torture.

They appealed to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to provide her justice

HELD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) offloaded a passenger from an international flight (EK-612) traveling to France via Dubai from Sialkot international airport on fake visa documents. FIA Deputy Director Khalid Anees told Gujrat-based Muhammad Usman was traveling on fake visa documents.

Published in Dawn, September 13th, 2017

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jaredlee67

Sep 13, 2017 09:08am

First, the bystanders didn't do anything. What a shame? Second, the ASI took law into his hands. All of them should be arrested and prosecuted.

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Zak

Sep 13, 2017 09:26am

Reform the police.

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Baramulla , city of hills.

Sep 13, 2017 09:31am

I have seen the Video clip whereby the shameless police man beating the helpless citizen before crowded courtyard. This shows how the police men was unprofessional and infringing the legislation of the country in ruthlessly pummeling the citizen. These kind of officers and public servant create anarchy by forcing people to take law in their hands. How they have arrested the women who was beaten in public view by this uncivilized police men? What were the onlookers doing when a women, a mother , a sister, a daughter and wife of someone was getting grabbed at her clothes and toppled violently by the goon official in uniform ? Whatever the reason of initiation or origin of incident in this case was, the police official was not entitled to grip the clothes of women and using violence to vent his anger of whatsoever reason. We demand for justice and releasing of the innocent citizen along with investigation from higher authority to punish the infringing police man.

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khanm

Sep 13, 2017 11:49am

Thanks to social media and WhatsApp... Social media has made almost everyone a journalist... record, take the video and upload it...it is our duty as the citizen to upload the gross negligence when ever they see one and that is one way of eliminating the crimes... as a matter of fact, they should pass a bill to legalise video taping when ever and where ever we are dealing with government agencies...

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Munarmed ali uk

Sep 13, 2017 06:01pm

The real picture of punjab police on full view. They are worse than the offender's.

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