Woman constable slapped by lawyer decides to step down from her post
She said she was being mentally tortured.
SHEIKHUPURA (Dunya News) – The lady police constable, who had been slapped by a lawyer after she told him to not park his car at a checkpoint, on Sunday decided to resign from her post.
According to a statement issued on Sunday, lady police constable Faiza said that she is being mentally tortured by the influential lawyer who slapped her.
Faiza said she joined police force to serve people but she knew she will not get justice after being slapped. “I am being mentally tortured,” she said.
The lady constable went on to say that she is being pressurized to such extent that whether she should commit suicide or go somewhere. “I cannot fight with this mafia,” she said and demanded the authorities for protection.
It is pertinent here to mention that on Friday advocate Ahmed Mukhtar tried to park his car at an undesignated spot outside Ferozewala Courts, upon which, constable Faiza Nawaz requested him to park the vehicle somewhere else as parking it here would cause inconvenience for other visitors.
Ahmed got enraged on this and started hurling abuses, later he slapped the constable across her face.
On Saturday, the lawyer, who slapped a lady constable in Ferozewala, was released due to a minor mistake in the First Information Report (FIR).
The local court s judge was hearing the case, in which Ahmed Mukhtar Advocate was accused of violently slapping Constable Faiza Nawaz, when she told him not to park his car at one of its checkpoints.
In the hearing, the suspect was released as his name was written as Ahmed Iftikhar instead in the FIR.
Following the development, female constable Faiza Nawaz demanded that President of Pakistan Arif Alvi and Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa should take notice of the incident. "Is this the level of respect for women that anyone can slap her?" said the female police officer in an emotional state.
