Two men have been arrested after a Pakistani woman took to social media alleging her husband beat her, stripped her and shaved her head after she refused to dance for him and his friends.
In the video posted March 26 and translated by various media outlets, Asma Aziz said her husband "took my clothes off in front of his employees. The employees held me as he shaved my hair off and burned it. My clothes were bloody. I was bound by a pipe and hung from the fan. He threatened to hang me naked."
Aziz alleges that when she tried to report the incident to police in Kahna, she was asked for money. The video came to the attention of Pakistan’s minister for human rights, and interior minister Shehryar Afridi. The latter says he ordered police to register a complaint. The other man arrested is described in media reports as a servant. The two arrested men appeared in court in Lahore Monday. Media reports say that Faisal told police that his wife starting cutting her hair after taking drugs and that he, also having taken drugs, only helped her finish.
Pakistani actress and singer Sanam Saeed was among many speaking out against violence against women, in a country where it’s widely believed the extent of the harm done to women is seriously underreported.
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