Lahore woman tortured by husband records statement before judicial magistrate

LAHORE: Asma Aziz, whose husband and his employees allegedly tortured her and shaved her head over not dancing for them, recorded her statement before a judicial magistrate in Lahore on Friday.

In her statement, Asma said, "My husband brought two of his friends over to our house and asked me to drink alcohol and dance for them. When I refused, my husband, Faisal, tied my feet and started to torture me."

Asma said that three employees namely Rashid, Amjad and Farzana were present at their residence at the time of the incident. "When I tried to run out of the house, my husband hit with a manhole cover," she said. "My husband shaved my head,"

She further told the magistrate that she called a friend from her employee Farzana's phone. "My friend came over and took me to the police station. When we asked the police officials to conduct a medical examination they asked for Rs5,000."

"The police neither gave a report nor conducted a medical examination. I walked out of the police station crying as they did not cooperate" she stated before the magistrate. 

A day earlier, two suspects, including Asma's husband, were handed over to Lahore police on a four-day physical remand.

A video had gone viral on social media of Asma in which she claimed that her husband Mian Faisal and his employees beat her with pipes, shaved her head, and threatened to strangle her when she refused to dance in front of them.