A Crime Control Department (CCD) official allegedly intercepted and physically assaulted a woman after her family refused a marriage proposal in the Jatli police station jurisdiction of Rawalpindi.
The official publicly slapped the woman and issued life threats at gunpoint. Following the incident, Regional Police Officer (RPO) CCD Rawalpindi, Hassan Jahangir Wattoo, suspended the official, identified as Bilal.
The Jatli police have registered a case, arrested the suspect, and launched an investigation.
The victim staid that she is a resident of Natha Chhatar. On August 13 at around 5:00 PM, she was traveling home in a rickshaw from Daultala along with her mother and daughter.
Near Bun Kamal Shah, an official named Bilal, son of Safdar, stopped the rickshaw and slapped her in front of her mother and daughter.
According to the woman, the suspect hurled abuses, drew a pistol, and threatened to kill her and her daughter while also threatening to ruin her reputation. The rickshaw driver present at the scene intervened and saved them.
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The underlying dispute stems from Bilal having asked for the victim’s daughter’s hand in marriage, which the family had refused.
Police confirmed that a formal case has been registered, the accused Bilal has been taken into custody, and further investigations are currently underway.
