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A man allegedly cut out his ex-wife's tongue with scissors before using them to disfigure her after he "divorced" her.



Police in Pakistan reportedly arrested the man over accusations he maimed, tortured and beat his wife after he had "verbally divorced" her.



Local media said the woman's father made a complaint to police after she was horribly disfigured in the alleged attack, which was reportedly carried out by her ex-husband after he had ended their marriage.

Pakistan news site Dawn reported the man was arrested in the Pindi Bhattian area of the country's Hafizabad district on Saturday local-time, a day after he is alleged to have carried out the attack.



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According to reports, the victim's father said the suspect had "verbally divorced" his daughter in the days before she was maimed, claiming her ex-husband had turned up at his home with the intent of murdering his ex-wife.

Dawn reported that the victim's father was out cutting grass in the fields while his wife and daughter were at home when the suspect turned up at the house.

The father told police the suspect took his daughter hostage in a room, locked the door, and allegedly used scissors to cut off her tongue.

According to her father's account, the victim, was kicked and punched, and the scissors were used to disfigure her hand and face.

He claimed her life was saved when his wife cried out and local villages arrived to help.

The dad says he was able to break into the house to save her via it home's roof, before he broke the lock on the door of the room where she was being hostage, to rescue his daugher.

He claimed that suspect had three "accomplices" waiting on a motorcycle outside he claimed would have killed his daughter if she had not been rescued.

His daughter survived the horrific attack, and remains in hospital, according to Dawn.

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Hafizabad District Police Officer Sajid Kiani confirmed to DawnNewsTV that the suspect was arrested in possession of a pair of scissors.

Dawn reported that the latest allegations of severe domestic violence came only days after a woman in Lahore claims her husband and his employees allegedly stripped her naked, beat her and shaved her head when she refused to dance for them,

A man in Peshawar is also reportedly accused of cutting off his wife's hair and torturing her after claiming she would not cover her head during a wedding.

Pakistan was listed among the worst countries in the world for women in the Georgetown Institute's Women, Peace, and Security Index, which ranked the country 150th out of 153 countries for treatment for women.

Its 2017/18 report noted women in Pakistan felt forced into early marriages where they were vulnerable to severe violence because they were so financially vulnerable.

Pakistan was highlighted for women in the country routinely being blocked from doing paid work or having access to their own finances.

The country was also noted for preferring the birth of sons over daughters, resulting in an uneven population.