Lahore: In yet another incident of violence related to 'family honour' in Pakistan, the nose and an ear of a youth were chopped off by parents and relatives of a girl who had eloped with him.
The incident occurred in Punjab province’s Jhang district, some 160 kms from Lahore. The girl is said to be related to the victim.
According to police, the 20-year-old girl had eloped with Imran Ali sometime ago. The girl was later brought back to her home through a village jury (Panchayat).
"The parents of the girl forced her to call Ali to her village and upon reaching there on last Monday, they along with other relatives overpowered him and severely tortured him. They also chopped off his nose and an ear," a senior police officer Maqbool Ahmed said.
He said the injured youth was later shifted to hospital where he recorded his statement to the police.
Ali told police that the girl asked him to visit her home on the pretext of arranging a meeting with her family members, saying they had pardoned him and agreed on their marriage. "But when I reached their house, they tied me with a rope and severely thrashed me before cutting off my nose and left ear with a knife," he said.
Police said efforts are on to arrest the suspects. Honour killing and related crimes are on the rise in Pakistan. Nearly 1,100 women and 800 men have been killed in the country in the name of honour last year.
