Police abused a lady for refusing to get off of another passenger’s seat, according to a railway spokesman

Pakistan Railways spokesman Babar Ali Raza on Tuesday provided an explanation of the events leading up to the police official torturing the lady aboard the Millat Express train. He claimed the woman was seated on another passenger’s seat and that the officer had made a concerted effort to shift her, but in vain.

According to the spokesman, the passenger urged her to get up from the seat at first, but when she began strewing his possessions, he went to the police.

“Then, police constable Mir Hasan begged the woman, identified as Maryam, for about 20-25 minutes to get up from the other passenger’s seat, but she refused,” stated the officer.

The passengers that were there provided all of this information. He added that what happened next is captured on camera.

The policeman was shown repeatedly striking the lady while gripping her hair in a video that went viral on social media, capturing the assault while other passengers looked on passively.

According to Abdullah Sheikh, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for Railways, the event happened on April 7 on the Millat Express, which was traveling from Karachi to Lala Musa.

According to the spokesman, Hasan was out on bail and they planned to go before the court again on Tuesday, which is today, to have his release revoked.

He said that the woman was just taken to another carriage by the police, despite allegations on local TV networks that claimed Hasan had killed her. He said that the victim’s corpse was discovered close to Chani Goth in Bahawalpur, and the police officer got off the train at the Hyderabad stop.

According to Raza, the official’s call detail record (CDR) had also been acquired. The official was discovered in Hyderabad and Karachi on April 7 and 8, according to the CDR, he added.

“As stated in the register, the police officer left his firearm in Hyderabad at 7:25 on April 7 after getting off at the station. He added that once the woman leaped from the train near Bahawalpur, the passengers yelled, “But they did not see him outside the limits of Hyderabad either.”

Raza stated that although the witnesses had stated that the woman had jumped on her own, they were not discounting any possibility in the inquiry.

According to claims made by passengers, the woman was transferred to a different coach. He responded, “She wasn’t kept in a solitary place,” and he promised to call Mir Hasan again as soon as the investigation got underway.

Committee of inquiry to provide findings within three days

Within three days, the chairman of railways will get the report from a four-person inquiry team headed by the DIG of Railway Police (South Zone). The spokeswoman said that the woman’s family claimed that she suffered from mental illness.

He clarified, though, that the woman’s jump off the running train was under the local police station’s authority rather than the railway police’s.

Afzal, the woman’s brother, said he had filed a police report against the officer and two other unnamed individuals via mail at the Chani Goth police station in Bahawalpur. He claimed that his sister lived in Chak No. 648 GB and was employed at a beauty parlor in Karachi.

On April 7, he stated, she was coming by Millat Express to celebrate the Eid holidays at home in Jaranwala, Faisalabad.

She was mocked by the railway constable and two other suspects, and when she stopped them, they tortured her. He claimed that after that, they shoved Maryam off the moving train, and that Maryam later died from her injuries.

Afzal stated that money and gold jewelry were also taken from her purse by the accused. He claimed that since his sister was killed, Section 302 should be used to file a complaint.