‘Kidnap, rape accused’ killed

KARACHI: A man released on bail in a case pertaining to the killing of a minor boy after subjecting him to criminal assault last year was killed on Monday when he allegedly attempted to kidnap a girl in Surjani Town, officials said.
Police said Jehanzeb, 36, was handed over to police after being thrashed by the area people enraged over his attempt to kidnap a girl outside her home in Sector 7-C.
The police said the girl was being taken away when she cried drawing attention of the area people who got hold of the suspect. They gave him a good hiding and handed him over to the police, the officials said. The suspect was brought to the Surjani police station from where he was being transported to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital when he died, the police added.
Resident of New Karachi, Jehanzeb was allegedly involved in the criminal assault on and killing of the child last year, said Surjani SHO Naveed Nasir. He was arrested and sent to prison, the SHO said, adding that he had recently been released by a court on bail in the case.
Dawn News

Gang of women traffickers busted in Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: The police claimed to have busted an inter-provincial gang involved in the women-trafficking here on Tuesday. Talking to reporters, District Police Officer (DPO) Abdur Rasheed said acting on a tip-off, the police party headed by the in-charge of Darra Pezu Police Station Muhammad Noor raided the house of Mehrullah at Sharbikhel village and recovered two women identified as Aafia Bibi belonging to Lahore and Shehnaz Bibi hailing from Sheikhupura. Both the women were kidnapped from Punjab and shifted to Lakki Marwat where they were being forced into prostitution, he said.He said that three members of the gang, Samiullah, Nazeerullah and Muhammad Ramazan had been arrested.

The News

Schoolgirl sexually abused, killed

By: IMTIAZ ALI

KARACHI: A 13-year-old schoolgirl was kidnapped, sexually abused and smothered to death. Her body was found on the Seaview beach on Thursday morning.

A student of class-IV and the only child to her poor parents, the girl was taken away by a woman from her school in Azizabad on Sept 24 on the pretext that her mother had fallen ill. According to police, the woman was an acquaintance of the girl.

“We are investigating the case from three angles,” Karachi Central SSP Amir Farooqi said. First, he said, the woman reportedly wearing burqa must be familiar with the girl because she had told her that her mother was not feeling well.

Second, the girl’s father received a ransom call on his mobile phone and the caller demanded Rs1 million for her release. The SSP said the girl’s father who sold ice cream received no further call.

Third, the girl was sexually abused and this could be a possible motive behind her kidnapping and murder.

SSP Farooqi said Azizabad police had registered an FIR under sections 365-B (kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel for marriage or sexual abuse, etc) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code on Sept 24 on a complaint of the girl’s father.

Assistant sub-inspector of Darakhshan police station Mohammed Ramzan told Dawn that a passerby had informed the Seaview police post about the girl’s corpse on Thursday morning. The body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for post-mortem.

A senior medical officer said the girl had been subjected to “unnatural sexual offence” and death was caused by obstruction of air passage through her nose and mouth.

Citing an official report, Karachi South SSP Munir Shaikh said the girl had been sexually abused and smothered to death.

Inspector General of Sindh police Shahid Nadeem Baloch directed the AIG Karachi to ensure the arrest of culprits and submit a report in 24 hours. He also ordered police patrolling around the closure time of educational institutions.

DAWN

Girl alleges kidnap, rape and forced marriage

Girl alleges kidnap, rape and forced marriage

TARIQ SAEED BIRMANI

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A Class-VIII student, who was produced in a court here on Thursday by a man claiming to be her husband, dramatically accused him and his four accomplices of kidnapping her and subjecting her to gang-rape during her over two and a half months long detention.

Following the ‘sudden’ accusations, her alleged tormentors fled the court to avoid immediate arrest.

The victim, ‘S’, a resident of Kot Chutta, had gone missing on May 16 this year while returning home from school where she studied in 8th class.

A kidnap case was registered by the police concerned against five nominated accused — Ghulam Rasool, Zameer, Ghulam Mohammad, Sarfraz and Mukhtar on July 10.

On Thursday, all the accused appeared voluntarily in a court and one of them claiming to be husband of the victim, produced a marriage deed (nikah nama) to prove his claim.

But the situation took a dramatic turn when the girl told the judge that the five men had actually kidnapped her and repeatedly subjected her to gang-rape during her for more than two months. Later, the accused tried to pacify her by seeking her forgiveness and forcing her to marry one of them to avoid punishment for their crime.

As the girl finished her account, the accused immediately fled the court despite presence of police there.

Soon after the incident, the victim, along with her relatives, staged a demonstration in front of the DPO office, demand immediate arrest of THE accused and action against the policemen who failed to arrest them while they were fleeing the court premises.

The protester also sough action against the Nikah Khawan who administered the forced nikah.

Kot Chhuta police said a case had been registered against the five at accused under section 365-b for contracting forced marriage. They said a case for gang-rape would be registered in the light of the medical examination report of the girl that was yet to be conducted.

Dawn

The gambling addict: Man confesses to kidnapping, selling eight girls

SUKKUR: Gulzar Jagirani, who was apprehended by the police while attempting to kidnap a minor girl, has been sent for an eight-day police remand by the Larkana Anti-Terrorism Court, on Saturday. The accused has confessed to kidnapping and selling eight other girls before the foiled kidnapping bid.

On July 17, Jagirani the junk dealer, intoxicated seven-year-old S* while she was on her way to the grocery shop. He put the young girl in a sack and was speeding away on his pushcart when people of the area caught wind of the incident and informed the police. The police chased Jagirani and caught him near Warah Shakh, some eight kilometres away from Ratodero.

In his statement before the Ratodero police, the accused revealed that he was a habitual gambler and had lost a lot of money. His friend, Imran Langah, a resident of Garhi Khairo near Jacobabad, often lent him money with heavy interest for gambling. He said that he owed a huge sum to Langah who suggested that he kidnap a minor girl for him to clear the debt.

Ratodero police station assistant head constable, Sajjid Ali, told The Express Tribune that Jagirani was presented in the ATC on Saturday. The court, after the initial hearing, remanded the accused to police custody for eight days. The accused was handed over to the investigating officer at Larkana CIA Centre for interrogation.

The CIA centre’s head constable, Riaz Ahmed Dayo, told The Express Tribune that the accused had confessed that he had kidnapped eight minor girls and sold them to the co-accused, Imran Langah, for Rs4,000 to Rs5,000. According to him, the accused had kidnapped those girls from different localities in and around Ratodero. The FIRs of the kidnappings are registered with the Ratodero police, he added.

Express Tribune