Police forced couple to parade naked in Sindh

In what appeared to be severe violation of human rights, police reported forced a man and woman to parade naked in Gambat, area of interior Sindh.

BBC Urdu reported on Saturday the police committed this act charging them with intentions of adultery.  Interestingly, the law police registered the case by itself and also decided to act as witness to the reported crime.

According to the report, a video clip is doing the rounds among the local people, where a man and one of the two women charged by police are shown being paraded naked.

Deputy Superintendent Police Sagheer Mughairi while talking to the BBC said he was unaware of the incident, suggesting the media to contact the local police station for further information.

The report quoting the case said that police officials were informed by a local spy that a man called Mumtaz had invited two women over for sexual purposes. The police officials claimed that they found a man sitting inside a room with his arms around two women.

Since no witnesses were present on the site to record their statements, two police officials who were part of the raid were made witnesses to the act.

However, as opposed to the police statement, it is believed that several eye-witnesses were present at the site and reportedly saw the police force a naked man and a woman on to the streets.

While parading the couple through the streets, the police also went past ‘Sheikh Chowk’, which is half a kilometre away from the site of the incident.

According to the police, Mumtaz Hussain Mir Bahar is a local trader, who managed to seek a bail from a local court. Meanwhile, both women have been sent to Larkana jail.

Mumtaz claimed his innocence to BBC Urdu and said he is being victimised by the police. He has filed a petition, which will be heard on August 8 in the Sindh High Court.

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on Aug 4 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Society. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.