[DAWN] A man suspected of cutting off his former wife's tongue and grievously assaulting her was tossed in the clinkDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
in the Pindi Bhattian tehsil of Hafizabad district on Saturday, a day after he allegedly committed the crime.
On Friday, a first information report (FIR) had been registered at the Saddar cop shoppe against the suspect, a man named Jehangir, on the complaint of the victim's father for allegedly cutting his daughters tongue off and subjecting her to grievous torture in the Mustafabad village of the area.
According to the victim's father, the reason for the incident was that the suspect had verbally divorced her a few days ago. He said that the suspect had now wanted to murder his daughter, which was why he had come to his house and assaulted her.
As per the FIR, the father had gone out to cut grass on the fields while his wife and daughter were at home when the suspect entered the house and took his daughter hostage in a room, which he then locked. He said the suspect had the used sharp scissors to cut off the victim's tongue.
According to the father's account in the FIR, the suspect continued to kick and punch the victim after maiming her. He added that the suspect had also used the scissors to disfigure her hands and face.
He said that when his wife cried out, people from the area arrived at the scene. Along with others from the village and witnesses, he broke the roof of the room and entered it, after which he broke the lock on the door and took his daughter out.
The victim's father added that if people from the area had not reached the site, the suspect and his accomplices ‐ three unknown persons riding a cycle of violence who were waiting outside ‐ would have killed his daughter.
The victim was subsequently shifted to a hospital.
Hafizabad District Police Officer (DPO) Sajid Kiani confirmed to DawnNewsTV that the suspect had been arrested and a pair of scissors was also recovered from his possession.