Bara police recover French woman, children facing domestic abuse
A French woman and her five children have been rescued from the alleged years-long domestic violence in Bara tehsil of Khyber District, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.
According to Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Dr Mian Saeed, the woman is 54 years old and has been living in Bara area since 2014 after marrying a Pakistani citizen.
Police received information about the incident on June 18. Acting on the report, law-enforcement officials raided a house in Bara and recovered French national Sylvia Yasmina.
Authorities said she was allegedly being subjected to abuse inside the house for years.
Officials stated that the woman informed police she had been mistreated by her husband. She also said she was not even allowed to leave the house on her own.
After the rescue, the French national and her five children, one of them is mentally challenged, were taken into protective custody. They were shifted to Peshawar for security reasons.
The police have said that the woman wanted to return to France and arrangements were being made in this regard through official channels.
A case has been registered against the husband of the foreign woman.
Authorities also confirmed that the Foreign Office has been informed. A formal communication has been sent to the French Embassy through diplomatic channels.
Officials said legal proceedings will continue as the investigation progresses.
In her statement to police, Sylvia alleged that she had been subjected to continuous abuse by her husband and was not allowed to leave the house.
In the FIR registered on her complaint, she said that she and her children had lived in extremely difficult circumstances since 2014, claiming they had been deprived of their freedom and that her husband repeatedly assaulted them.
She alleged that they bore facial and bodily scars from the abuse and requested authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against him, describing him as a violent man who mistreated the family on a daily basis.
خیبر پولیس نے ضلع خیبر کے علاقے باڑہ میں گھریلو تشدد کے ایک مبینہ واقعے پر کارروائی کرتے ہوئے ایک فرانسیسی شہری خاتون کو بحفاظت بازیاب کر لیا ہے۔
— Harmeet Singh (@HarmeetSinghPk) June 22, 2026
پولیس کے مطابق 18 جون 2026 کو موصول ہونے والی مصدقہ اطلاع پر تھانہ باڑہ کی حدود میں ایک گھر پر چھاپہ مارا گیا جہاں مبینہ طور پر 54… pic.twitter.com/ixepaKkXN7
Reporter Jahanzeb Afridi