A university lady in Pakistan’s Punjab province has been tortured and sexually harassed for refusing to marry her good friend’s father, who together with others shaved {the teenager}’s head in addition to eyebrows and threatened to add a video of her humiliation on social media if she didn’t pay him Rs 1 million.
The stunning incident befell in Faisalabad, some 150kms from Lahore, on August 8.
A video of the incident surfaced on Tuesday by which the lady was seen thrashed by the suspects, her head and eyebrows shaved off and he or she was made to lick the sneakers of the suspects.
Police mentioned they’ve arrested prime suspect Sheikh Danish, his daughter and 5 different suspects.
“Police have arrested seven suspects including Danish and his daughter and raids are underway to arrest the remaining suspects,” a spokesperson of Punjab police mentioned.
The sufferer lived along with her aged mom and his two brothers are within the UK and Australia.
Police booked 15 suspects for abduction, torture, extortion and sexual assault on the lady, a closing 12 months dentistry scholar, beneath a number of sections of the Pakistan Penal Code.
In the FIR, the sufferer mentioned she and Danish’s daughter had been associates and he or she had household phrases with Anna’s household.
“Anna’s father Sheikh Danish proposed to me for marriage, but my family and I rejected the proposal. Danish was of my father’s age and when I told this to Anna, she was furious at me,” she mentioned.
The sufferer mentioned on August 8, when her brother returned from the UK, Danish and his 14 accomplices visited her house and compelled her brother to just accept the wedding proposal.
When her brother rejected the proposal, the suspect and his accomplices tortured {the teenager} and her brother and forcibly took them to Danish’s home the place they once more thrashed them. The suspects additionally pressured the lady to lick Danish’s sneakers, shaved her head and eyebrows, and filmed her humiliation.
“The prime suspect (Danish) then took her to another room where he subjected her to sexual assault and recorded the act,” the FIR mentioned.
She mentioned the suspects additionally snatched their cell phones, extorted Rs 500,000 and took away gold ornaments value Rs 450,000 from them.
The lady informed the police that the suspects additionally demanded Rs 1 million and threatened that if the quantity was not paid, they’d add the video clips on social media.
Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has taken word of the incident and directed the Punjab police chief to arrest all suspects within the case and ensure they don’t go unpunished.
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