Minor girl gang-raped in front of mother

BAHAWALPUR: Two men allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint in front of her mother in a locality of Khanqah Sharif, about 20kms from here, on Saturday night.

According to Sammasatta police sources, the rape case has been registered against a nominated suspect and his accomplice, on the complaint of the girl’s mother.

The complainant said that as her husband had gone to Lahore to earn his livelihood, she lived in her house with her children.

She said that on Saturday night, the suspect, along with his unidentified accomplice, barged in her house, subjected her to torture and gang-raped her 15-year-old daughter at gunpoint in her presence.

The suspects fled away after committing the crime, before some locals arrived there after hearing the cries of the mother and the daughter.

Sammasatta police said they registered the case under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) without any arrest so far.

Source: Dawn