Who gives the police the power to beat women in a crowded bazaar?
In Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, the Chief Minister has ordered immediate action against the police personnel involved in the incident of arresting women and torturing them while they were being seated in a police van.
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| Who gives the police the power to beat women in a crowded bazaar? |
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qaddos Bizenjo has directed the IG police to suspend the police personnel involved and conduct an impartial inquiry into the incident and submit a report.
Following the directive of the Chief Minister of Balochistan, the SSP of Quetta Police ordered an inquiry after suspending Additional SHO Naveed Mukhtar and the said officials for "irresponsible behavior" in the case of arrest of women.
A statement issued by the Balochistan Chief Minister's Office said that if the arrest of the women was necessary, action would have been taken by the lady police officer. This attitude of the police is absolutely unacceptable.
What's in the video?
A video that went viral on social media shows police arresting three women on a busy Quetta highway.
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| A video that went viral on social media shows police arresting three women on a busy Quetta highway. |
This is a video of the officers of Quaidabad police station in Quetta city in which it is seen that they are grabbing three young women and pushing them in a police mobile. Meanwhile, there is a crowd on the street and the police are dragging three women without any lady constable towards the police mobile.
In the viral video, it can be seen that the male police officer grabs a woman and throws her in a police mobile, then the other woman is brought and when she resists, she is picked up by the male police officer and severely beaten. With the police is pushed into the mobile.
Although the third woman does not resist much, she is also pushed close to the police mobile.
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Although the third woman does not resist much, she is also pushed close to the police mobile. |
It should be noted that under the laws of Pakistan, no woman can be arrested without the presence of a lady police constable and not even a police search of her can be carried out by a male police officer.
Reaction on social media
Social media users have sharply criticized the police's behavior after a video of male police officers arresting and torturing women went viral in Quetta.
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