Indian woman tortured by Pakistani husband, seeks help from embassy

New Delhi: India is providing all necessary consular and legal assistance to its national who had sought shelter in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad following alleged torture and harassment by her husband. The young Indian woman today made a statement in the court of judicial magistrate in Islamabad in which she said the she was sedated, assaulted, tortured mentally and physically in Pakistan by a Pakistani man who had met her in Malaysia.

The man had invited her to visit his family in Pakistan and provided the requisite sponsorship letter to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for her visa, and the same man also made her sign Nikah Namah at gunpoint, she said.

The woman stated the she had taken shelter in High Commission of India of her own accord and would stay there till she is sent back to India with security. Officials here said that the Indian High Commission was coordinating with Pakistan Foreign Office for the safe return of the women to India and was also in touch with her family in India on the matter. Her brother met the External Affairs Minister and requested the Government's help to rescue his sister at the earliest. The woman had sought shelter in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on May 5. (UNI)