Pak Police Exhume Bodies of Two Women Buried Alive

by Gopalan on  September 02, 2008 at 8:58 PM Women Health News
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 Pak Police Exhume Bodies of Two Women Buried Alive
Pakistani police on Monday night exhumed the bodies of two women buried alive in the Baba Kot area of Nasirabad district last month. Investigations over the gory episode has at last started.

“Police opened up the grave pointed out by the arrested accused and two bodies were found,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ghulam Shabir Shiekh told Dawn newspaper.

Police cordoned off the area and arrested three people.

Sources said police opened up graves on indications given two of the arrested men -- Umaid Ali and Ghous Bakhsh Umrani. After some false starts, the team stumbled upon the right place and the grave was opened up in the presence of a magistrate and a team of lady doctors.

The victims were identified as Izzat Khatoon and Mai Siyani.

According to an initial medical report, the skull of one of the women was found broken and there were bullet wounds on the other body.

“The bodies were buried without shroud (Kafan) in one grave,” the DIG said, adding that it appeared to be a case of “Karo Kari”.
In Karo Kari disputes, the offenders are labeled "black man" (Karo) and "black woman" (Kari).

The term is applied to any person suspected of an act that brings shame to a family or tribe.

If the Kari's death is demanded, the primary approaches that are employed to enforce the sentence are stoning, shooting, burning, or axing.

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