Gang rape: 2 arrested for raping 7-year-old

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Three men allegedly raped a minor girl on Sunday. According to police officials, two of the three accused had already been arrested. The incident occurred in Busti Pati Qasai, where a seven-year-old girl was apprehended by the accused when she had gone to the fields to fetch fodder. Accused Khurram, Javed and Khalil allegedly raped the girl and left her in the fields. DG Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Malik Tassaduq Awan told reporters that police officials had filed a case based on a medical report and that Khurram and Javed have been arrested. Police said the third accused would be apprehended within two days.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1^st, 2011.