Six-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Sialkot

Accused committed the offence when A* was alone in her house

SIALKOT: A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Sialkot, Express News reported on Monday.

Police said that victim’s mother, a resident of Mian Harpal area, lodged a complaint at the police station in which she stated that her husband Ejaz worked as a labourer, while she was a housewife. She stated that on the day of the incident, Ejaz left home for work and she went out to purchase items from a shop.

She maintained that her daughter A* was alone in the house when Abdul Rehman took benefit of the situation and barged in. The victim’s mother mentioned that the culprit allegedly raped her daughter and fled the scene.

The woman said when she reached home, she found A* crying in a semi-naked condition. Meanwhile, the Qila Kalarwala police have lodged a case against the suspect at the police station and conducted raids to nab him.

Earlier, an eight-year-old madrassa student was sexually abused by two influential men in Rahim Yar Khan’s Shedani Sharif area. Police said that the boy, a resident of Fazalabad, was on his way to the madrassa when Sohail and Naeem abducted him and took him to a campsite. The accused allegedly sexually assaulted the victim and fled the scene after committing the offence.

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. The document also revealed that children between 6 to 10 and 11 to 15 years of age were the most vulnerable to sexual abuse.

*NAME WITHHELD TO PROTECT IDENTITY