Pakistani Actress Reveals Harrowing Experience of Gun Assault and Hair Dragging

A famous Pakistani film and stage actress has accused her husband, a police inspector, of torturing her mercilessly in Lahore's Defence area after she refused to transfer her property in his name. Nargis, also known as Ghazala Idrees, was given multiple bruises on her face, eyes, and other parts of her body after being repeatedly hit by inspector Majid Bashir in Lahore's Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Friday.

"Majid Bashir repeatedly hit my face with his official gun, leaving bruises, particularly, in and around my eyes," she said in the First Information Report (FIR), reported leading Pakistani daily Dawn. In the report lodged against Bashir at the Defence C police station by Nargis's brother Khurram Bhatti, it was mentioned that the actress - a hugely popular stage performer in the yesteryears who has also done over 100 films - had suffered "extreme violence" at the hands of Bashir in the past as well.

On Friday, Nargis claimed that her husband crossed "all limits" when she was dragged by her hair, humiliated, and beaten in front of her nephew and employees. She said that Bashir also put the barrel of his official gun in her mouth in an attempt to injure the jaw. This, she alleged, was done to grab a plot of land, gold ornaments, and other properties.

The actress posted a clip on social media that immediately went viral with several bruises on her body. The Lahore Police have conducted raids at various places for the arrest of Bashir who went underground immediately after the case spotlighted the whole nation. According to FIR Nargis has lodged further complaints against the inspector alleging he wanted to reside in her house with the ex-wife of a famous television host.

The actress who owns a beauty salon in Lahore, was also tortured in her own house by the same husband 'boxer' Abid - former police inspector - in 2002 when she had gone wildly popular and achieved the acme of career success.