Behind bars: Police arrest alleged rapist

RAWALPINDI:

The police on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly raping a woman in Ali Town on Adiala Road.

The woman* was allegedly kidnapped from Pirwadhai while she was returning home from the factory in Islamabad where she worked.

Police said she was taken to a house in Ali Town in a taxi and raped there by the suspect*, who hails
from Bahawalnagar and works in Rawalpindi as a labourer. Police said the victim was left at District Headquarters Hospital after the crime.

The police were still waiting for a medical report when this report was filed on Tuesday evening.

Sub-inspector Asif Ali Shah, the investigation officer, said the suspect had been arrested and would be produced before a court on Thursday.

Shah said the suspect and the victim had been in contact through mobile phone for the last few months.

*NAMES WITHHELD TO PROTECT IDENTITY

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16^th, 2015.