Woman locked up, tortured by ex-husband rescued

BAHAWALPUR: Kahrorepucca Saddar police on Sunday claimed to have recovered a mother of five subjected to illegal confinement and torture by her former husband and his two accomplices, including his mother, responding the victim’s appealed for rescue through a social media video clip.

According to a Lodhran police spokesman, taking notice of the video clip posted by the victim, Tasleem Bibi on social media, District Police Officer (DPO) Kamran Mumtaz ordered Kahrorepucca police for prompt action against the suspect.

The police conducted a raid on a premises at Chowki Masti and recovered the woman from illegal confinement.

According to police, the victim had gone to the house of her former husband, Akram, to meet her five children who after her divorce through a court lived with the suspect.

When she reached his house, the suspect, with the help of his brother Ramzan and her former mother-in-law Manzoor Mai, severely tortured her and locked her up in a room.

However, the victim managed to upload a video clip on social media through her mobile phone, appealing to police to rescue her.

The police arrested the three suspect and his two accomplice, including Manzoor Mai.

Source: Dawn