Five girls sexually assaulted

All five suspects identified in one of the cases arrested.


Our Correspondent March 27, 2015
The girl was referred to the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital for medical examination. PHOTO: STOCK IMAGE

FAISALABAD: Five girls, including a seven-year-old, were sexually assaulted in four incidents on Thursday night and Friday.

The five men nominated in the FIR registered with the Chak Jhumra police were arrested in raids on Friday. The girl was referred to the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital for medical examination.

Complainant Muhammad Amjad, a resident of Chak No192-RB, stated in the FIR that his niece was rescued from the house of one of the suspects by some neighbours on Friday afternoon. He said they were drawn to the scene on hearing the girl’s calls for help. “The suspects had fled the scene by the time the neighbours reached there, he said. “She was later taken to a hospital where she received first aid,” he added.

The complaint stated that the girl had been abducted by the suspects earlier in the day on her way to a market near her house.

In Dijkot area, six armed men broke into a house in Chak No265-RB and sexually assaulted a 23-year-old girl after locking other family members in another room.

The Dijkot SHO said a team had been formed to track down the suspects, three of whom were identified by the family as residents of the same village. He said the girl had been sent to a hospital for a medical examination.

The FIR registered with the Athara Hazari police stated that two sisters were abducted from their house in Dall Mor area of Jhang and later sexually assaulted by six men. Three of the suspects were identified as residents of the same area.

The Athara Hazari SHO said raids were underway to arrest the suspects.

The medical samples of a child sexually assaulted allegedly by a neighbour in Jhang City area were on Friday sent for laboratory examination.  The FIR stated that she had been rescued from the suspect’s house by some neighbours who were drawn to the scene by her cries. Meanwhile, it said, the suspect had fled the scene. It stated that the suspect had abducted the child from near her house in Aamir Town and took her to his house where he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28th, 2015.

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