The Pakistani woman who crushed two people with her Toyota Land Cruiser in Karachi is “mentally challenged”, her lawyer has said. After the incident, Natasha Danish was captured on camera with a strange smile, allegedly taunting the angry mob by saying, “you don’t know my father(You don’t know who my father is)
The accident occurred on August 19, when Natasha attempted to turn on Karsaz Road in Karachi, colliding with a motorcycle and a parked car, killing the father-daughter duo and injuring at least four people.
The next day, Natasha’s lawyer, Amir Mansoob, spoke to Karachi Times reporters about his client’s state of mind.
“He doesn’t know he had an accident and that he drove the car,” he said. “He is mentally unstable. In that condition, people don’t remember things. He doesn’t know he had an accident; he doesn’t know he drove the car. He is not mentally stable, not at all.”
“He does not know that he had an accident and that he drove the car, he is mentally weak”, statement of the accused’s lawyer on the Karsaz traffic accident.#TOKAlert #karachi #karsaaz #Accident pic.twitter.com/zKJ3XpEAMC
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Asked why the 32-year-old woman was allowed to drive in her “sensitive condition”, the lawyer said her family did not know she had gone out to drive. “Her family did not know she was driving the car. Otherwise, there was a restriction on her that she should drive the car and not go out. But she just went,” he said.
He further said that she had been suffering from mental health problems for the “last 5 years” and was taking medication at the time of the accident. He also said that she was undergoing treatment at Jinnah Hospital.
Following the fatal incident, an FIR was filed against Natasha Danish at Karachi’s Bahadurabad police station. It was filed by Imtiaz Arif, whose brother Imran Arif and niece Amna Arif died in the accident. The complaint alleges rash driving, causing hurt and mischief under sections 320, 337-G, 279 and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code, reports Dawn.
However, despite facing multiple charges, Natasha spent the night at home and was not in police custody. On August 20, law enforcement officials were unable to produce her in court, citing her ongoing psychiatric treatment at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The investigating officer sought 14 days of police remand, but the court granted only one day’s remand, Dawn reported.
