A police official said that N*, a resident of Mandiala area and a student of grade 5, was allegedly raped by Sajjad, who owns a private school in the vicinity.
He added the accused committed the offence when other schoolchildren had left and the victim was alone in the school premises. The girl was shifted to a hospital for a medical examination.
Meanwhile, the Sabz Pir police claimed to have arrested the culprit and shifted him to the police station for an interrogation. A case had been registered against the accused while further investigation is under way.
Meanwhile, relatives of the victim demanded the police and higher authorities award stern punishment to the accused for committing the shameful act. Earlier, a girl was sexually assaulted in Rahim Yar Khan’s Zahir Pir area.
*Names withheld to protect identity
Published in The Express Tribune, August 8th, 2018.
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