Pakistan: police officers suspended after parading a naked couple in public

Several Pakistani in the Sindh town of Gambat have been suspended after they were accused of parading a couple .

According to witnesses, police forced the man and woman to walk to the police station naked as punishment for trying to have sex outside marriage.

Mobile phone footage shows a naked man being beaten by police and a woman begging them to let her cover herself.

After a , officials suspended the officers involved.

Several Pakistani police officers in the Sindh town of Gambat have been suspended after they were accused of parading a couple naked in public 350x262 photo

Several officers in the Sindh town of Gambat have been suspended after they were accused of parading a couple naked in public

Incidents of public dishonoring are not uncommon in Pakistan, but this incident is particularly shocking because it was carried out by police and filmed on mobile phones.

Last year, several men were arrested for stripping a middle aged woman naked and parading her round the village as punishment for her son allegedly having an affair with a woman in their family.

Shahnaz Bibi said at the time that her life had been ruined by the ordeal, and she could never go home.

The footage of this latest incident shows the man, Mumtaz Mirbahar, being pushed around and abused by police officers on his property.

He is then forced to walk naked to the police station, alongside his alleged partner, as a large crowd looks on.

Mumtaz Mirbahar said he has been “deeply scarred” by the incident. He has been released on bail, but the woman involved is still in detention.

Local police said they took action in response to several public complaints against Mumtaz Mirbahar, who has been reportedly holding drink and dance parties during the month of Ramadan.

Neighbors confirmed that there had been an issue, but said the police did not have the right to humiliate anyone in that manner.

Pakistani activists say unless stern action is taken against the officers involved, police abuses of their power are unlikely to end here.

 

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