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LAHORE: Explaining the circumstances behind police official torturing the woman on Millat Express train, Pakistan Railways spokesperson Babar Ali Raza on Tuesday said the woman was sitting on another passenger’s seat and the cop subjected her to torture after trying real hard to remove her from there.
“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,” he said.
“All this information has been received from the passengers present there. What happened next is in the video,” he said.
The incident came to light after a video of the policeman went viral on social media, in which he could be seen holding the woman by her hair and hitting her multiple times while other passengers watched silently.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Railways Abdullah Sheikh had said that the incident took place on April 7 on Karachi to Lala Musa-bound Millat Express.
