Man accuses SHO of kidnapping wife

MANSEHRA: A man on Friday accused a station house office (SHO) of kidnapping his wife.Speaking at a press conference at the Press Club, Mohammad Abdullah, whop was flanked by his four children and father-in-law, alleged the cop was now threatening him with dire consequences.

He alleged that SHO Maroof Khan kidnapped his wife when he came to know about his relations with her. He said the SHO established relations with his wife when she was posted at Pulrah Police Station as he was posted at the City Police Station.

The man said his wife was kidnapped on February 4 this month after he visited Pulrah Police Station for the registration of a case against the accused. He, however, alleged that the police were not entertaining his complaint against their colleague.

Abdullah said the SHO was suspended when he approached Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hazara Range, Akhtar Hayat Khan Gandapur, who ordered the district police officer of Mansehra to do so.

“I want justice and the registration of FIR as placing the SHO under suspension will not help readdress my grievances,” he said.When contacted, Maroof Khan said he had not been suspended, but transferred after Abdullah approached the DIG. He said he was innocent and did not have relations with the woman, adding he had not kidnapped her.

He said that said woman in question was a schoolteacher in Kohistan had submitted an application to a local court and got her statement registered under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code stating that she had not been kidnapped and was on her duty.Maroof Khan claimed the woman had moved the court to seek the dissolution of her marriage with Abdullah. He claimed the she wanted divorce as her husband beat and tortured her.