Medical reports confirm rape charge against retired colonel

Suspect had been in police custody since September 28

ISLAMABAD: Medical reports have confirmed the rape charge against a retired army officer, police officials said.

He was arrested in September after being charged with rape.

SH*, a retired colonel, was arrested by the Golra police after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a house in Sector G-13 on September 28.



The victim*, in her statement, told the police that she saw an ad in the newspaper about employment opportunities for girls at a property office in Islamabad. She dialed the number given in the newspaper and was told by SH* to come to Islamabad.

The victim, a divorced mother-of-three, worked as domestic helper in Lahore. After being promised a job by ST, she came to Islamabad on September 28 and was received by him at the bus station. ST took me to an empty house in Sector G-13 where he raped me,” the victim stated in her complaint to the police. She says that after the assault, she went into a washroom and dialed 15. A police team reached the house and arrested the suspect on the woman’s complaint.



Now, police sources have informed The Express Tribune that the results of a medical examination of the victim and the suspect confirmed that the sexual assault took place. Police have submitted the medical reports along with the charge-sheet to the court.

*Names withheld to protect identity

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2016.