Jammu & Kashmir

Five arrested for rape of teenage girl in Muzaffarabad

On March 8, five men kidnapped the 18-year-old girl when she was on her way home, police say

MA Mir March 14, 2016

18-year-old girl abducted on her way home and gang-raped in the fields, police say. PHOTO: AFP

MUZAFFARABAD: At least five suspects accused of rape, and poisoning a teenage girl in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir were arrested on Monday.

"On March 8, five men kidnapped the 18-year-old girl when she was on her way home and took turns to rape her in the fields in Rawani area of the district," SHO Pervez Hameed told The Express Tribune.

The molesters then poisoned the girl but she survived, and shared details of her attackers, leading to their arrests, he added.

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The attackers were then produced in court, and given into police custody until March 23, the SHO said.

Earlier on January 19, an 11-year-old girl was abducted and raped when she was on her way home from school in Abbottabad.

Similarly, a 15-year-old girl was raped in Lahore and was found lying unconscious in a room of a hotel situated in Upper Mall in Lahore.

COMMENTS (1)

Ikramullah | 8 years ago | Reply People never come out to protest these horrible crimes, but when blasphemy issue arise, they run like mad animals to kill and burn. That is the beauty of Muslim societies.

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