VEHARI, Dec 22: A woman was arrested under the Hudood Ordinance in Mailsi on Sunday after she had been raped and tortured by the rapist, who also shaved her head and eyebrows.

The 30-year-old Fiaz Mai, mother of two and a resident of Mauza Khanpur, was going to her sister’s house at Kumharan Wali in Fadda Union Council when one Mohammad Siddiq Mitro allegedly kidnapped her and took her to a deserted house in the area, where he drugged and raped her and subjected her to physical torture. When she woke up, she found that her head and eyebrows had been shaven.

When the matter was brought to the knowledge of Mailsi police on Sunday evening, police not only registered a case against the accused but also against the victim.

While Fiaz Mai was arrested and sent to a local hospital for medical check-up, the accused remains at large

The victim was booked on the complaint of her husband, Abdul Majeed, who told police that she had developed illicit relations with his friend, Mitro, with whom she eloped on Sunday.

According to the hospital doctor, Ms Fiaz had been drugged.

Fiaz Mai’s father Noor Mohammad said that his daughter was innocent. The police had booked her in connivance with her in-laws, he alleged.

This is the third such incident in Mailsi. Sarwar Mai was disgraced on Oct 20 and Mumtaz Mai on Dec 16. Mumtaz is also in police custody under the Hudood laws.