KOHAT: The police on Thursday filed a case against the brother and cousin of the deputy speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in a rape case in the Shakardarra area, sources said.
The victim, Farzana, told the police that Safdar Qureshi, the brother of the deputy speaker and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, and his cousin Asmatullah Qureshi forced their entry into her house on May 6 and sexually assaulted her.
She said her family members had gone for harvesting the wheat crop and she was all alone at home when the accused subjected her to rape.When contacted, Station House Officer Afzal Khan confirmed the incident and added that the case had been registered against the brother and cousin of the deputy speaker under 376 and 452 of the Pakistan Penal Code.Meanwhile, Safdar Qureshi told The News that they were innocent. “Our rivals are out to defame us,” he said.
