On 20 November 2015, a 26-year-old woman named Shirin Gul, who was accused of running away from home, died after a public lashing in Shahrak District, Ghor Province. Shirin Gul was originally from Herat Province and had gone to Shahrak District to visit her uncle's family, where she was accused of running away from home. According to the former governor of Ghor, Sima Joyenda, the girl had received the lashings from armed men in public, after which she died of her injuries. The victim's father said his daughter died of the lashings, though the police chief of Shahrak District denied this. The interior ministry launched an investigation into the crime.