KARACHI: A young nurse’s desire to marry her colleague led to a shocking case of family violence in Karachi’s Malir district, as her family opposed the union and resorted to shaving part of her head as punishment.
The incident occurred in a locality near Quaidabad.
The police have registered a case against the perpetrators and arrested five suspects, including the nurse’s father, mother, and grandmother.
SHO Firasat Hussain told Geo News that the 22-year-old victim, who works as a paramedic at a local hospital in Karachi, filed an FIR (No 831/24) at the Quaidabad Police Station.
The nurse had expressed her wish to marry a man who works with her at the same facility, which led to severe backlash from her family.
Upon refusal, her father and other family members, including a paternal uncle, physically assaulted her, shaving off her hair to prevent her from stepping outside.
The police investigation revealed that the victim’s parents had separated seven months ago and she and her sisters had moved to her mother’s place, a rented house.
