10-year-old raped in Rahim Yar Khan

Accused allegedly took victim to the fields and committed the offence

RAHIM YAR KHAN: A boy was allegedly subjected to sexual assault in Rahim Yar Khan, Express News reported on Wednesday.

A police official said that the victim’s father, J*, a resident of Moza Khokhran, submitted a complaint at the police station in which he accused Ahmed Shahzad of assaulting his 10-year-old son S* in the fields. He said that when his son raised a hue and cry, locals reached the spot and found him naked and in a semiconscious state.

He said the suspect escaped from the scene when he saw residents approach.



The victim’s father demanded that police arrest the culprits and award them stern punishment for committing such a heinous act.

The Kot Samabah police have registered a case and have started investigations. Earlier, a seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Hafizabad tehsil.

A police official said M* went for tuition to Asad Sohail’s house where the accused allegedly sexually assaulted her and fled the scene.

Later, the police arrested the accused after conducting a raid in Mohalla Taj Pura. A report compiled by NGO Sahil revealed that in 2017, an average of more than nine children were subjected to sexual violence nationwide on a daily basis.

The report paints a distressing portrait of the situation. Statistics presented in the document showed child sexual abuse continued to persist, thus rubbishing government claims of better child protection standards.

Collating cases were reported across in 91 newspapers which revealed 3,445 children had been subjected to sexual violence across the nation in 2017. This represents an annual decrease of 694 cases, the report read.



The number of murders following child abduction and sexual abuse surged over the year, according to the report. Reported incidents recorded a more than 100% rise, increasing from seven in 2016 to 15 in 2017, the document transpired.

Girls formed an overwhelming majority of child sexual abuse victims at 60%. The document also revealed that children between 6 to 10 and 11 to 15 years of age were the most vulnerable to sexual abuse.

*Names withheld to protect identity 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 2^nd, 2018.