MIRPUR (Kashmir English): The local court in Mirpur has granted bail to Station House Officer (SHO) Imran Ahmed Chaudhry and guard Nusrat in an alleged harassment case of British-Kashmiri national, Farkhunda Rehman.
The Session Court Mirpur accepted the bail plea of SHO Imran, who was arrested in the case, and guard Nusrat, who was apprehended for aiding and abetting the main accused in a similar case.
Raja Inamullah Khan and Sheikh Adil Masood, prominent lawyers of Azad Kashmir, appeared in the court on behalf of SHO Imran Chaudhry and filed a bail application.
During the hearing of the case, the lawyers of both parties presented their detailed arguments, after which the court pronounced the verdict.
SHO Imran Ahmed case
SHO Imran Ahmed has been arrested on a complaint filed by Farkhunda Rehman, a British-Kashmiri woman, over the harassment charges.
As per the audio clip secretly recorded by the victim on her mobile phone, the allegedly intoxicated SHO was heard pressuring her to move to the front seat, remove her abaya, befriend him, and visit his home, while repeatedly making other obscene demands.
The woman was staying in Mirpur with her parents to seek justice in a property possession case. After she failed to recover her house from all legal avenues, the woman sought help from the British Embassy, after which Commissioner Mirpur advised her to approach the Thothal police station.
However, upon contacting, Thothal SHO called the woman for a meeting and instead of taking her to the police station, he took her to a private place.
According to the woman, the SHO closed the door of a room and urged the woman to befriend, remove her hijab, and engage in indecent acts. The woman informed the Mirpur Commissioner about the situation, after which the police started an investigation into the incident.
