Teenage boy ‘gang raped’ in Thikriwala

Victim was returning home from work when three men lured him to drink with them

A young man was sexually assaulted by three people after he was made to drink a bottle of intoxicated soft drink.

Police had registered a case and started searching for the accused.

According to the police report, the case filed by Abdul Majid, a resident of 120GB, Bawa Chak, states that his 17-year-old son works at Soldier Loom.

After completing his duty in the factory, he was returning home when the accused Shankar, Shani alias Bala and another unidentified man near Dera of Ambanwala Bagh, lured him, took him with them and made him drink the intoxicated soft drink due to which he lost consciousness.

After that, he was taken to Ambahwala Bagh where the three accused raped him.

Later, the accused left him unconscious on a motorcycle in the bazaar and fled from the crime scene. Millat Town police registered a case under 377TPP and started searching for the accused.

Incidents of sexual violence against minors were rampant across the province.

On November 21, a seven-year-old girl’s body was dumped after her rape in Baghbanpura. A day earlier, a case of gang rape of a minor was reported in the same area, where two suspects identified as Mubashir and Sheraz were booked. On November 19, the case of sexual assault of an eight-year-old boy was reported in Faisalabad. On November 11, a girl was sexually assaulted in Noshera Virkan. On November 8, a student was murdered after sexual assault in Mandi Bahauddin. A report by Sahil, a non-governmental organisation, revealed that at least eight children fell victim to sexual abuse daily on average in the country.

(THE VICTIMS’ IDENTITIES HAVE NOT BEEN DISLOCSED AS A MATTER OF POLICY)

Published in The Express Tribune, December 8^th, 2020.