BAHAWALPUR: Four family members on Saturday allegedly tortured a woman, cut her hair and blackened her face for `honour` in a remote village of Uch Sharif, about 70-km from here.

Reports said `Sh` who had allegedly eloped with a man, came back after a week. On her return, her father Abdul Malik, husband Rajab Ali, stepmother Maqsooda Bibi and her brother-in-law allegedly tortured her. They cut her hair and blackened her face as per alleged decision of a panchayat.

When contacted, Uch Sharif police told Dawn that they had registered a case 217/16 under sections 337-B, 342 and 500 of PPC on the complaint of the woman.

According to Uch Sharif SHO, her hair were cut and she was tortured.

Taking notice of the incident, Regional Police Officer (RPO) Dr Ehsan Sadiq had her father and stepmother arrested.

The RPO directed UchSharif police to arrest the remaining suspects and complete investigation at the earliest. The RPO, however, denied that any panchayat made a decision on the torture of the woman.

He said she was allegedly tortured on the premises of her house.

APPOINTED: As many as 81 vacant posts of class-IV employees reserved for special persons in government departments have been filled.

This was stated by Community Development Executive District Officer Aftab Peerzada at a committee meeting held here on Saturday.

The meeting held with DistrictOfficerCoordination (DOC) Chaudhry Amjad Bashir in the chair dealt with complaints of the special persons.

The EDO said under the government`s policy of three per cent quota, there were 173 vacancies of class-IV employees of special persons in district government departments. He said the remaining 92 vacancies for the special persons would also be filled soon.