Day: August 31, 2022

BAHAWALPUR: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped after abduction from village Jallah Arian in Lodhran district.

According to police spokesman Imran Umar, the girl ‘B’ was allegedly abducted by suspect ‘S’ along with his accomplice ‘Sa’ at gunpoint and taken to a house on Monday night. ‘Sa’ allegedly raped the girl.

Police have registered a case on the complaint of girl’s father Akram. Police claimed that with the help of technology, the suspect and the girl were located in the house of ‘Sa’ in nearby village Desi. On Tuesday, the girl was produced before a magistrate.

The spokesman said suspect ‘Sa’ after his arrest attempted to injure himself with a firing shot in a bid to implicate the complainant in the firing case.

The Jallah Arian police registered a first information report against ‘Sa’ on the charge of suicide attempt. The police said they recovered a pistol along with two bullets from ‘Sa’ and a 12-bore gun from his accomplice ‘S’ and both were also booked in the case of illicit arms.

District Police Officer Lodhran Muhammad Kashif Aslam announced commendation certificate along with prize for Station House Officer Ghulam Mustafa, IO Zafar Iqbal and other members of the raiding party.

Source: Dawn

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Family members of a girl raped by a shopkeeper a month back protested on Wednesday against police outside the district press club for allegedly supporting the suspect.

Binyamin Masih and his wife, Nasreen Bibi, who were flanked by their relatives, told the journalists that on July 25, his daughter went to a nearby shop in Youhanabad for grocery.

The shopkeeper closed the shutter of his shop, made their daughter hostage and raped her.

When the girl started crying for help, the suspect escaped from the scene through the backdoor.

The victim’s parents filed a complaint with the Saddar Police Station but police did not register the case. Later, they moved the order and on the court order, police registered a first information report (FIR) under Section 511 (intent to commit crime) and Section 376 (rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code one month after the incident.

Police did not dispatch the DNA samples for laboratory tests, the girl’s father alleged. However, police did not arrest the suspect, he said and added that he had bribed the investigating officer (IO) who was the family for conciliation. He further claimed that his family was also facing threats of dire consequences.

Police spokesperson Saif Ali Wains told Dawn that police were not informed about rape. He said police would interrogate the case on merit; however, if the victim’s family had any grievances, it could approach the district police officer or SP investigation.

Source:  Dawn