Minor boy ‘sexually assaulted’ in Dijkot

A 9-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in Dijkot on Friday. Police registered a case and started raids to arrest the accused.

In a complaint filed by Muhammad Siddique, a resident of 128GB on Jaranwala Road and a textile mill worker, stated that his son left his home to offer the evening prayer at a local mosque when he was approached by the two men. The victim was on his way when the suspect Mohsin Ali, and Mohsin Raza, lured him and took him to a nearby government middle school on a motorcycle where they raped him. The complainant said that when he reached the crime scene while searching for his son, the accused saw him and managed to escape. Police registered a case under Section 377TPP and started searching for the accused.

Incidents of sexual violence against minors were rampant across the province. On December 8 last year, a minor boy was sexually assaulted by three people after he was made to drink a bottle of intoxicated soft drink in Thikriwala. The victim, after completing his duty in a loom factory, was returning home when the accused Shankar, Shani alias Bala and another unidentified man near Dera of Ambahwala 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. On November 21, 2020, 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 last year, the case of sexual assault of an eight-year-old boy was reported in Faisalabad. On November 11 of the same year, a girl was sexually assaulted in Noshera Virkan. On November 8 last year, 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 DISCLOSED AS A MATTER OF POLICY)