A man’s nose was chopped off in the Bagho Bahar area of Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan after he was confronted by a woman’s family on suspicion of befriending her.
According to the FIR [First Information Report] registered at the Islamgarh Police Station, suspects Ikhtiar Hussain, Fazal Hussain, Ijaz, Qurban, Riaz, and an unidentified accomplice from Chak 99-1/L quarrelled with the victim Muhammad Riaz.
The confrontation stemmed from suspicions that Riaz had developed a friendship with the suspects’ sister.
During the altercation, Ikhtiar, abetted by the other suspects, chopped off Riaz’s nose using a knife. Islamgarh police have registered a case regarding the assault and arrested three of the named suspects.
The attack comes alongside other recent incidents of violent domestic disputes. In a separate case, an 18-year-old woman identified as Anusha was allegedly killed by her brothers in the Satellite Town area of Mirpurkhas after they objected to her frequent use of a mobile phone.
Mirpurkhas police stated that the victim’s family initially attempted to present the incident as a suicide. However, subsequent police investigations led to the arrest of four suspects, including two of the victim’s brothers, who later confessed to the crime.
According to preliminary findings cited by law enforcement, one of the arrested brothers told police that Anusha used her mobile phone frequently, stating that he killed her in a fit of rage over her phone usage.
