Driver booked for assault, blackmail
A case has been registered against a rickshaw driver on charges of sexually assaulting and blackmailing a college student for four years.
A sister and brother-in-law of the accused have also been nominated in the case.
The complainant stated that the accused also received Rs100,000 from the girl after threatening to share her nude photographs and threatened to kill her if his demand for another Rs1 million was not fulfilled.
Muhammad Ramzan, son of Yusuf, a resident of Liaquatabad No. 1, stated in the report filed at the Women's Police Station that his niece was a student of FA. He said the accused rickshaw driver, Shakeel Rashid, son of Rashid Javed, used to pick and drop the student four years ago. He alleged that the accused threatened to kill his niece and forced her to make a video call after giving her a mobile phone and a SIM. During a video call, he took a screenshot of her and blackmailed her, the complainant said.
He alleged the accused took the girl to the house of his sister and brother-in-law Anwar after blackmailing her and raped her. He said the accused repeatedly assaulted his niece. He also extorted Rs50,000 from the girl on July 1 and the same amount again on July 8 by threatening to make her photos viral, the complainant said.
He said the accused was still blackmailing his niece and demanding Rs1 million.
When she refused, the accused sent the objectionable pictures to the mobile phone of the brother of her fiance on July 14 and threatened that if Rs1 million was not paid, he would make the pictures viral on social media, the girl’s uncle stated.
He said the engagement of his niece had ended because of the act of the accused. After initial investigation, the women police registered a case against the accused rickshaw driver Shakeel Rashid, his sister Afshan and her husband Anwar under sections 376, 384, 506, 18 and Motion Picture Ordinance 1969 and started raids to arrest them.
According to DSP Kotwali Fayyaz Ahsan, the accused Shakeel Rashid used to give pick and drop service to the girl on a rickshaw four years ago. During this time, he made pictures of her while sexually abusing her.
The official said an investigation was underway into the case.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2020.