LAHORE, Pakistan — Police in Pakistan refused to file a case against a landowner whose physical force toward a female employee resulted in gruesome injuries from a chaff cutter.
Saima Bibi suffered injuries April 12 in Ram Diwali Chak No. 6 village in Pakistan’s Punjab province, report the news outlets Christian Daily International and Morning Star News.
Bibi had taken a break from cutting cow fodder in order to serve tea to visiting relatives. Muhammad Mustafa, one of the Muslim landowners, told her to get back to cutting cow fodder. Mustafa grabbed her hair and pushed her toward the electric chaff cutter, said Shahzad Masih, Bibi’s husband.
Bibi fell, hitting the cutter. Her ear was torn off, most of her scalp was cut and her right eye was injured, Masih told the news services.
Inaction
The other Muslim landowner, Muhammad Imran, took Bibi to Government Allied Hospital for treatment, yet warned her to say her injuries were accidental, Masih said.
Masih, who is Catholic, said Nishatabad Police Station in Faisalabad would not file a case of the incident when he went to them April 24, telling him instead to settle with the offender.
Akmal Bhatti, an attorney, said he has petitioned a Faisalabad court to start legal action against Mustafa.
Pakistan is No. 7 on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
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