"How did the guard have the audacity to raise his hands"
A Pakistani security guard was caught beating a pregnant woman outside an apartment building in Karachi.
CCTV footage of the incident circulated online and the perpetrator has since been arrested.
The footage showed the security guard embroiled in an argument with the woman. Meanwhile, a few locals are sitting nearby and watching.
Suddenly, the man slaps her with such force that she falls to the ground.
As she tries to get up, the security guard kicks her in the face, knocking her out.
One of the man’s colleagues tries to pull him away but the man shrugs him off. Meanwhile, some of the locals shockingly begin to walk away instead of helping the woman.
The video circulated on social media and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice of the incident.
He called for immediate action to be taken against the guard.
Chief Minister Shah asked: “How did the guard have the audacity to raise his hands at the woman and be violent?”
An investigation was launched and the guard has since been arrested.
An FIR was registered and it identified the woman as Sana, a maid working at Noman Grand City, situated in Gulistan-e-Jauhar block 17.
According to Sana, on August 5, 2022, she asked her son Sohail to deliver food to her.
But when he tried to enter the apartment building, the union’s office bearers –Â Abdul Nasir, Adil Khan, and Mahmood Khalil – prevented him from entering.
Sana explained: “When I came down to inquire, Adil got angry and started abusing me.
“Then, he asked the security guard to beat me. I am 5-6 months pregnant.”
“When he hit me, I became unconscious due to the pain.”
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Police registered the FIR under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 337Ai (Engaging in any act with the intention of causing hurt to any person), and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) under the Pakistani Penal Code.
The incident is another case of violence against women in Pakistan.
According to a report, 157 women were kidnapped, 112 were physically assaulted and 91 were raped across Pakistan in June 2022.
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