SARGODHA: A gang-rape victim was shot dead by her brother at village Behk Lurka of tehsil Kot Momin on Sunday.

The 28-year-old victim was gang-raped by four suspects of an influential family a couple of days back. The Laksian Police Station had registered a case against the suspects but allegedly did not take action to arrest them.

Feeling aggrieved, the victim’s brother, along with his two accomplices, allegedly shot dead his sister and managed to escape. Police arrested him when, according to the policemen, he was planning to kill the four alleged rapists.

The suspect told police that he took action on his own as police did not arrest suspects who were pressurizing his family to ‘reconcile’ with them.

On the other hand, police claimed that the rape suspects had got interim pre-arrest bail from the court until Feb 11.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that another 14-year-old girl was raped in the area and the suspect was absconding. After the murder incident in Kot Momin, police sprung into action and arrested the suspect.

Source: Dawn