Woman, kept in chains for days and tortured by husband, rescued in Sahiwal
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A woman who had been tied with chains for several weeks and allegedly tortured by her husband was rescued by police in Sahiwal on Sunday.
Police said the suspect had allegedly kept his wife locked up at their residence in the Sheeran Wali Gali neighbourhood for at least 20 days. Police were alerted by neighbourhood residents and a team from Ghalla Mandi police station was dispatched to recover the woman.
TV footage showed the woman sitting on the floor of a room handcuffed and with her shackled feet connected to a wall with a chain.
"My husband and in-laws used to tie me up and beat me," the woman told police after her rescue.
Police arrested the suspect and registered a case against him under Section 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) of the Pakistan Penal Code in the evening.
Editorial: Domestic violence
According to initial reports by police, the man had chained his wife up "on the pretext of her being possessed by demons" and would regularly beat her up brutally. He had also taken their two children away from her, including a breastfed baby.
Police initially suggested that the woman was of an unsound mind and had previously attempted suicide, however, the woman refuted this impression in her statement.
The rescued woman is currently in police custody.
Investigation officer Afzal Gill told DawnNewsTV that the woman will be presented in the court of a magistrate tomorrow who will determine whether she requires mental healthcare.
Her children presently live with her husband's family. Police have also arrested the suspect's brother.
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Mar 25, 2019 01:16am
Just shows we have a long long way to go, before we become average, and then start the journey to becoming exemplary.
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Mar 25, 2019 01:49am
Judge should chain the husband for similar days and have him given a similar thrashing by the wife. Fair is fair.
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Mar 25, 2019 01:50am
what a culture
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Mar 25, 2019 02:00am
Very shameful act by the husband tying and chaining his wife as if she was an animal. He should be give exemplary punishment. Hope those policemen keep their word and present her in court and do not send her to a mental clinic.
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Mar 25, 2019 02:02am
Very brutal indeed and the culprit (husband) must be punished but why arrest the brother?
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Mar 25, 2019 02:06am
Good. Give this beast an exemplary punishment!
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Mar 25, 2019 02:13am
While it is quite possible the woman may be in need to psychiatric help, it does not justify the mistreatment that she was given. Her husband and in-laws should be prosecuted.
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Mar 25, 2019 02:23am
PM Imran Khan should take notice of this.
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Mar 25, 2019 02:24am
Unbelievable
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Mar 25, 2019 02:35am
You need to provide modern education to children so that they grow up into a responsible adult. 10th century education system should be avoided.
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Mar 25, 2019 03:05am
Only universal education, strict punishment against any form of harrassment and abuse and strong govt support for women in South Asian countries will discourage men and their families from such behaviour.
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Mar 25, 2019 04:20am
What horrible and twisted people we have in this world
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Mar 25, 2019 04:24am
Shameful. She needs to be taken to doctor.
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Mar 25, 2019 04:39am
Now it is her husband's turn to be tied with chains and thrown in jail for rest of his life.
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Mar 25, 2019 05:10am
Education n punishment be must. Pakistan n India to control the population growth and move towards development. Not only material but moral as well.
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Mar 25, 2019 05:50am
I agree with all the comments previously posted. As the report mentioned that she has an infant, she probably gave birth recently and going through post partum psychosis. She needs immediate psychiatric evaluation.
Post partum blues, post partum depression and post partum psychosis are conditions that even some educated people don't have a clue about, let alone others.
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Mar 25, 2019 07:24am
Horrible. On another note, why does the erstwhile FCR seem to be in effect in all of Pakistan. The report calls the husband the "suspect", yet the police see fit to arrest his brother. How is that justifiable?
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Mar 25, 2019 07:26am
Needs exemplary punishment if husband proved guilty, no mercy
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Mar 25, 2019 07:56am
'A magistrate will determine whether she requires mental healthcare"? Are magistrates competent in this regard? She was bound by chains, the husband alleges "demons", the woman alleges torture, she should have had a medico legal assessment immediately, which even an assistant sub-inspector can authorize.
Also important here, is to highlight the ignorance prevalent in society. It might be abuse, but knowing our society where people actually do believe in such non-sense, it is entirely possible they actually believed doing what they said. An important contributor to this are religious clerics or prayer leaders, who usually aren't educated along strict guidelines. Which why it is important that religious education should be regulated.
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Mar 25, 2019 08:22am
@Zak, I agree with you 100%, as a husband, a father of a girl child and a brother of two sisters. I stand by 100% to give this individual and his accomplice similar punishment to make an example of out of this. We are worst than animals when it comes to humanity, I also agree with Javed "We have a long way to go, before we become an average/normal" before talking about exceeding it. Another sad day in human history and I sure do hope this case become an example for the rest of the folks.
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Mar 25, 2019 08:25am
@Sana,
This goes on in Western culture too. Few years ago an American Jewish Attorney was arrested and punished on similar charges
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Mar 25, 2019 09:00am
Messed up people who believe in demons and possessions to hurt their own
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Mar 25, 2019 09:17am
What is the truth of it, I wonder.
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Mar 25, 2019 09:19am
@Just a thought , ........ Could be.
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Mar 25, 2019 09:23am
we live in a society, where it is considered taboo to even speak about equal rights.
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Mar 25, 2019 09:31am
Horrific. Humans can't even be called as animals as they too have compassion. Feel terribly sorry for the woman.
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Mar 25, 2019 09:48am
@Sana,
Cooking biryani and kheer on Eid is our culture.
Dont know about you but this is not Pakistani Culture. Incidents like above are criminal acts and people get punished with such stuff.
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Mar 25, 2019 09:48am
@Sana, its not a culture, please don't blame whole culture due to one man worng behaviour. Thanks
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Mar 25, 2019 10:38am
The woman is in policecustody! She should be treated at a hospital as any victom of abuse would in a civiliced country.
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Mar 25, 2019 10:40am
She must have mental health assessment by a psychiatrist as soon as possible, with an aim to have her children back. Also she would need a long term place of refuge and rehab.
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Mar 25, 2019 10:42am
@Tekozer Farooqi,
The Truth is that the husband kept his wife fastened with a chain for 20 days and used to beat her. Are you looking for truth or justification for torture ?
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Mar 25, 2019 11:03am
Ridiculous! She should be at a woman’s shelter not being held by the police! The children should be taken away from the husbands family immediately and given to hers. And that entire family should be in jail!!
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Mar 26, 2019 02:56pm
Pure madness....pure savagery!
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Mar 26, 2019 03:29pm
Chaining someone is not the treatment for mental illness. This man should know better and should be punished severely.
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Mar 26, 2019 04:02pm
and then there is a lot of men in our society who continuously question the raising voices of women equality and protection in Pakistan and inquire in disgust... "akhir in orton ko kis chz say azadi chy? akhir yeh chahti kya hain...WE JUST WANT TO BE TREATED AS A HUMAN BEING..NOT A A NON LIVING THING OR OBJECT!!!
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Mar 26, 2019 05:16pm
It seems that the culprit need psychological treatment immediately.
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Mar 26, 2019 07:13pm
@Just a thought , You may be right and perhaps a psychatrist. She needs care that husband could not provide. Help her people.
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Mar 26, 2019 08:48pm
Though I don't condone this act, it would be imperative to check facts of husband accusations of woman's "devilsh" behaviour, before you'd accuse him of being complicit in this deplorable action
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Mar 26, 2019 10:26pm
If the husband has some money and gives to the police then the police will try and prove the woman crazy.
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Mar 26, 2019 10:33pm
with cains and no freedom for 20 days, any sane mind will go insane.
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Mar 27, 2019 03:34am
If she was indeed mentally unstable in any way (and therefore unable to effectively give “consent”) the husband should also be punished for rape!!!!!!!!
She is accused of being “of unsound mind” and “possessed by demons” - yet he thought it was ok to get her pregnant - atleast twice????
Makes one wonder who was of unsound mind here!!!!
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Mar 27, 2019 04:47am
in Islam it is claimed that women carry a lot of respect
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