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India-Pakistan
AJK man chops off wife's nose, hair 'for honour'
2016-03-11
[DAWN] Police in a southern district of Azad Jammu and Kashmire are hunting for a person who chopped off his wife's nose and hair, allegedly in the name of honour.

The accused, Gulfraz alias Billa, cut off the nose of his 24-year old wife, and chopped off her hair before fleeing from the scene, a police official told Dawn.

The incident occurred on March 8, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, in Androt Potha village, some 35 kilometres from Rawalakot.

The victim told the police that her spouse would not let her visit her parents, which would trigger fights between them.

However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
 SHO Thorar Sardar Tariq told Dawn that the accused suspected the character of his spouse.

"It was why they would often quarrel with each other, even though the couple had contracted a love marriage some five years ago," he said.

The victim was in her parents’ home for the past four to five months due to acrimony and was brought back by her spouse on Tuesday after reconciliation.

However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
 after he brought her home he tied her with a chair and cut off her hair and then nose.

As the victim fainted, the accused fled from the scene, fearing she may have died.

Later, her brothers shifted her to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahayan Hospital Rawalakot for treatment.

Doctors said had she been brought to the hospital earlier, they could have stitched back the severed portion of the woman's nose.

Now she will have to undergo a three-stage treatment process, she was told.

SHO Tariq said the accused was on the lam but the police would soon hunt him down.

He said the accused had been booked under sections 337Q, 337V and 292 of the Azad (Kashmire) Penal Code," he said.

"Actually, this crime is dealt with under the law of retaliation, meaning thereby if someone has cut the nose and hair of someone, he too will be penalised with the same treatment," he said.

The police official said it was the first time that such an incident had occurred in Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK).
Posted by:Fred

#4  Well, my great grandfather got shot to death while hiding under a neighbor lady's house by her husband. But she got to keep her nose.
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-03-11 14:06  

#3  "Actually, this crime is dealt with under the law of retaliation, meaning thereby if someone has cut the nose and hair of someone, he too will be penalised with the same treatment,"

Cutting off her hair and nose were intended to render her unattractive to other men. Doing the same to a man in that culture would not have the same effect so long ws he could earn a living, which suggeste that other bits that would render him equally unattractive ought to be cut off instead.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-03-11 13:13  

#2  The accused, Gulfraz alias Billa, cut off the nose of his 24-year old wife, and chopped off her hair

Now what do you plan to do with the rest of your life? Absolutely no control or logic whatsoever. Entirely driven by emotion.

"Actually, this crime is dealt with under the law of retaliation, meaning thereby if someone has cut the nose and hair of someone, he too will be penalised with the same treatment,"

I wonder if he will learn the right thing here.
Posted by: gorb   2016-03-11 12:33  

#1  penalised with the same treatment

'Eye for an eye' penal code. Refreshing.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-03-11 10:11  

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