Trigger warning: Violence
Khadija, a female medical student who was subjected to torture in a viral video in Faisalabad, has denied reports of reconciliation with the main suspect, Sheikh Danish, and said she is still fighting the case against him and his family.
“It is an old video,” she said while referring to a video in which she is apologising to Danish. She said that she was asked to make the video for some campaign.
In addition, Khadija said that she needs support to fight her case against Danish.
A video of a woman being subjected to torture in Faisalabad went viral on social media. A woman’s voice can be heard in the background as the girl is being tortured.
As per the details, the girl being tortured in the video is a final-year BDS student. In her complaint, she alleged that Ana Ali, the daughter of the accused Danish Ali, had been a friend of hers since their school days and that she (the complainant) frequently visited her house
The complainant claimed that during these visits, the accused Danish Ali became interested in her and even wrote her a formal proposal, which she declined.
The complainant said that after she rejected the proposal, the accused began to put pressure on her through his daughter Ana Ali to change her mind and accept his proposal.
The complainant claimed that the accused started sending her death threats. The complainant alleged that the accused Sheikh Danish Ali, his daughter and Faizan, Shoaib and Khan Muhammad barged into their house and then kidnapped her along with her brother and took them to their residence.
“The accused tortured me and my brother and abused me in different ways and compelled me to lick their shoes. Later, accused Ana Ali and Maham made a video of me while cutting my hair with scissors on the instruction of accused Sheikh Danish and made the video viral on social media,” she added.
Sheikh Danish Ali was also accused of attempting to rape her.
Faisalabad Police have arrested six accused.
