Man's nose cut off by in-laws over 'love marriage' in Dera Ghazi Khan
Tariq Saeed Birmani
Published
April 23, 2018
Two brothers in Dera Ghazi Khan cut off the nose of a man married to their sister on Sunday night as an act of revenge for marrying without the family's consent, police said.
The man, Tanveer, had contracted a love marriage with the sister of Saeed Ahmed and Haji Ahmed without receiving the bride's family's consent, Superintendent Police Investigation Zafar Buzdar told Dawn.
Tanveer was invited to a feast by his brothers-in-law on Sunday night, where they beat him and cut off his nose as an act of revenge, the SP said.
SP Buzdar told Dawn that both brothers had been arrested, while Tanveer had been rushed to District Headquarters Hospital Rajanpur for treatment. His condition is said to be stable.
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Zayan
Apr 23, 2018 01:42pm
@Dawoed Are you in civilized nation ? Love marriage is not a crime. Unless or until both are mature and agreed to marry each other nobody has a right to stop them
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Akhtar husain
Apr 23, 2018 02:08pm
@Dawoed We Pakistanis rush to give our judgement without knowing the details of the case.
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asig
Apr 23, 2018 02:12pm
Welcome to civilized world.
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RationalBabu
Apr 23, 2018 02:25pm
@Dawoed: Seriously? Do you really believe that this barbaric act was justified to punish someone for falling in love? Your mindset fills me with despair.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
Apr 23, 2018 02:59pm
Are we still living in the 21st century?
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jaredlee67
Apr 23, 2018 03:27pm
These guys should be given severe punishment. What sort of craziness is this?
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My Advice
Apr 23, 2018 04:52pm
What a shame. Let adults get married of their choice and leave them alone. What they achieved by cutting a person's nose? Nothing gained. Shameless act.
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Vinod Narang
Apr 23, 2018 09:05pm
How barbaric can you get before someone is punished by law. shame shame
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illawarrior
Apr 24, 2018 07:24am
A woman is entitled to make her own choices. She does not need family "permission"! Stop treating women like possessions!
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DK PAMNANI
Apr 24, 2018 03:59pm
Not much difference between India and Pakistan in this case.
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