Woman held for swearing at cops
islamabad — A judicial magistrate on Sunday ordered that Dr Shehla Shakeel Sethi be sent to jail on judicial remand for threatening police personnel when they did not not allow her into the diplomatic enclave.
Dr Sethi appeared on Sunday before the magistrate, who rejected her lawyer’s plea for bail and sent her on a 14-day judicial remand.
Her lawyer had argued that the clauses mentioned in the first information remand (FIR) were bailable.
“My client is a heart patient and under pressure, her mental health can be affected,” he said, adding that “police officers, instead of helping out, pressurised her.”
Judge Adnan Rasheed, however, rejected the lawyer’s plea and di- rected the investigation officer to conduct a medical test on Dr Sethi.
“If the medical test confirms your client is healthy, she will be sent to jail,” the judge remarked.
“If the doctor recommends otherwise after the medical test, then you can admit her into a hospital,” he added.
Earlier on Saturday, the Islamabad police had arrested Dr Sethi, a US-based doctor who had recently returned to Pakistan.
A case was registered against her after she threatened police personnel and hurled abuses and threats at them when they tried to stop her from entering with a car without a number plate.
A complaint was registered on behalf of assistant sub-inspector police Tahir Farooq in the secretariat police station. However, she was allowed to leave due to the absence of a woman police officer.
Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi took notice of the incident and ordered action against the lady as per the law.
He said there is no such thing as a VIP in (new Pakistan) and everybody is answerable before the law. —