Woman Goes Home, Gets Legs Chopped Off




(Chenab Nagar, Pakistan) Authorities are searching for a young Pakistani man, Asif Bibi, accused of chopping off his sister's legs with an axe.

The sister, Shahnaz Bibi, is in the hospital and doctors said that her legs cannot be reattached.

“She has lost far too much blood and she will not walk again,” said Dr Qasim Safdar.

Shahnaz Bibi’s mother Maryam Bibi said that her son, Asif had fled after attacking his sister.

Shahnaz’s husband Taru Sanbal said that he had registered a case with the local police against his brother-in-law. “We had a quarrel and she returned to her parent’s house but it was nothing serious. I was planning on giving her time to cool off before bringing her back home. Asif had no right to ruin her life,” he said.

Shahnaz’s parents have told police that they do not know the whereabouts of their son.

The motive for the incident appears to be violation of a Muslim or tribal custom that mandates wives should not leave their husbands and move back in with mommy and daddy. If so, the penalty for violating the custom has to be considered beyond extreme. A boot out the door would have likely sufficed.

[Add.] Note that Shahnaz Bibi who lost her legs is not the same Shahnaz Bibi who was forced last month to parade naked through the village of Neelor Bala in northern Pakistan because her son was having an affair with a married woman.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.