BAHAWALPUR: A woman allegedly attempted self-immolation inside the Ahmedpur East city police station after dowsing herself in petrol on Monday in protest against police for not registering her rape complaint.

As per sources, the woman ‘S’ visited the police station to file a complaint against some gangsters who allegedly forced their entry into her house in Shaukat Colony in Uch Sharif, subjected her to rape and kidnapped her minor daughter.

When Uch police did not entertain her complaint, she went to Ahmedpur East police station where she dowsed herself in petrol and set fire in protest against police.

However, policemen and others present there extinguished the fire and shifted the woman to hospital.

Bahawalpur district police spokesperson Aamir Nazir told Dawn that the alleged rape was committed last month and the woman’s complaint was duly registered.

He said the police also booked the woman for attempting suicide.

Source: Dawn