Islamabad: As per the media reports several Pakistani police officers
have been suspended after they were accused of parading a couple naked in
public.
The case has created a public outcry.
Witnesses has reportedly have said police in the Sindh town of Gambat forced
the man and woman to walk to the police station naked as punishment for trying
to have sex outside marriage.
Reportedly, a mobile video clip shows a naked man being beaten by police and a
woman begging them to let her cover herself.
When a local SHO was contacted, he agreed to give an
official statement on the case but was later unavailable to make comments.
The couple was reportedly arrested on charges of "intent to commit
adultery" in late July.
The man involved, Mumtaz Mirbahar, has since been released on bail, while the
woman remains in detention.