Gang-raped woman dies

JHANG: A woman died after being raped by three men while some other women were sexually assaulted in different parts of the district during the last 24 hours.
The most heinous occurrence took place in Chak 247, in the jurisdiction of Langrana police station, where Khurram, Shehzad and Sajjad allegedly gang-raped a young housewife. When her condition became precarious, they took her to the Jhang DHQ hospital and fled from there. The woman died there shortly.
The second incident took place in Lalian town, where Wasim, Saleem and Barkhudar allegedly abducted a young girl and assaulted her in an abandoned house.
In Kaki Nou village, area of Shorkot city police, Shafqat and Akram allegedly abducted a girl who was yet to be recovered.
A woman of Kandiwal lodged an FIR with the Kandiwal police station, complaining that Abid, Ahmed, Khizar and Umar had abducted her a couple of days ago and subjected her to rape.
Source: Dawn
Date:3/10/2009