Dera Ghazi Khan police on Wednesday booked a man for
allegedly cutting off his wife's nose after the two failed to reconcile
over a conflict, police said.
Rashid Hussain, a resident
of Faridabad, had been engaged in a domestic dispute with his wife,
Sameena, for three or four months, police said, as a result of which,
Sameena had gone to live with her parents.
Hussain went
to his in-law's house to reconcile with his wife, but when she refused
to return home with him, he allegedly cut off the tip of her nose with a
sharp knife, District Police Officer (DPO) Ahmed Nawaz Cheema told Dawn.
Hussain fled the scene after cutting off his wife's nose, the DPO said.
Rescue
1122 officials rushed Sameena to a trauma centre for medical treatment.
She is currently in stable condition, doctors have said.
Police
registered a case against Hussain at the Choti Zaireen police station
under Section 334 of the Pakistan Penal Code, after which at least one
raid team was formed to search for the suspect, DPO Cheema said.
He added that he was hopeful Hussain would be arrested soon.
