Seven people have been arrested over illegal flogging of Surayya, 22, after the individuals executed a verdict of a Kangaroo model court in the northern Takhar province, said Munira Yousifzada, spokeswoman of Afghanistan Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).
Publish dateMonday 5 February 2018 - 12:06
Story Code : 157642
AVA-According to Mrs. Yousifzada, the arrested men and victim have already been taken from Chah Ab district to Talqan, the capital city of Takhar province.
Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) had informed yesterday, February 05, that the police arrested three close relatives of Surraya in connection to flogging her in public.
Najib Danesh, MoI’s spokesman, also identified the perpetrators as Hamidullah, Jahangir and Abdulqadir who are respectively Surayya’s uncle, Father-in-Law, and brother.
The footages of the incident started circulating among Afghan social media users mainly Facebook few days ago in which a women is filmed while being beaten and flogged by many local residents.
Takhar’s local official then realized and confirmed that the victim was a woman, 22, who was gone under a verdict of a Kangaroo model court for allegedly having affairs with a 17 years old boy.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)
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