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| Woman harassed by mob wasn't coerced into apologising: ASP Shehrbano |
| 2024-02-28 |
| [GEO.TV] Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi — who is the sub-divisional police officer at Gulbarg Lahore — Monday said the woman harassed by an enraged mob in the city's Ichhra Bazaar was not coerced into apologising for wearing the shirt with Arabic script. Important safety tip: Never wear a dress with Arabic-style letters on it in a land of illiterates. The cop added that the woman, who was later seen seated between two bearded holy mans in one of the videos, was shifted to a safe location and her consent was taken before meeting those men. "We did not coerce the woman into saying anything whatsoever. The consent was taken, she said what she said on her behalf," ASP Shehrbano said when speaking during Geo News programme 'Geo Pakistain' on Tuesday. The ASP's remark came in response to a question about why the woman was asked to apologise when she was not at fault in the situation, particularly after it was pointed out by social media users. On February 25, the woman was saved by the law enforcers just a few minutes after being encircled and harassed by an angry crowd that wanted to punish her for allegedly wearing a dress that they thought was blasphemous as it adorned "holy verses" as the print. Upon receiving information about the incident, the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Police — led by ASP Shehrbano, arrived at the scene to take the woman into their custody, saving her from the charged crowd. The cop said she was not on social media and had no idea that the video had gone viral because this was not the first time she was dealing with a case of such a nature. "This happens every day almost. A similar situation unfolded in Firdous Market two weeks ago outside a mosque. Earlier, three other incidents had taken place in Ichhra as well. For us, it was like we had to do it and put our lives at risk," she said. The police intervene according to three different aspects — no law and order situation transpires, there is no financial loss and nobody's life gets endangered, the ASP said. The police official was asked if any action would be taken against the people who harassed the woman, she said that the police have identified those individuals and they are also familiar with this development. "They have been trying to reach out to us. Once the matter cools down, we'll look into it." Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... according to ASP Shehrbano, when the mob demanded meeting the woman — who was shifted to a safer location — then the religious scholars nominated by the mob to resolve the issue were allowed to meet her only after her consent was taken first. "We asked the consent of the woman first whether she was okay meeting them because she was very scared. She said she is ok," the ASP revealed, adding that the woman was seated in the SHO's office. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Turned out they weren't even 'holy verses'. The single word 'halwa' was printed in many hues all over it. Halwa is a sweet dish in the region, like a pudding, the dress thereby insinuating that the wearer is ... attractive? Poor stupid woman. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2024-02-28 03:34 |