Two minors, women allegedly raped in Dijkot
A shopkeeper allegedly raped a five-year-old girl on Thursday in Dijkot, Faisalabad.
According to the police report, the five-year-old daughter of Abdul Rehman went to buy something from a shop when she was assaulted.
After being sexually assaulted, the condition of the girl deteriorated and she was shifted to Allied Hospital.
Sargodha Road police arrested the suspect and registered a case against him under section 376.
In Tariq Colony Razaabad, Abdullah’s 11-year-old brother was allegedly abducted by the suspect Abdullah and two others.
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According to the complainant, the suspects took the boy to the General Bus Stand where he was molested.
Two women were also molested in different incidents on Thursday.
According to one complaint, Muhammad Younis’ 18-year-old daughter who was allegedly raped by Shahbaz and two others. In another incident, a woman accused her husband Atif of sexual violence in a village near Jhang Road.
Incidents of sexual violence against minor girls have been rampant across the province.
Last week, a six-year-old boy was injured allegedly after the assailants’ attempt to rape him failed. Four people, including a police constable, injured the boy during the alleged molestation attempt.
The boy was shifted to a nearby hospital, where doctors said his condition was critical. A case was registered under sections 34, 506, 377B and 34 of the PPC and police started searching for the suspects.
Police said the boy was stopped by the constable deputed ain Muridwala and his accomplices Kashif, Shaukat and Amjad who tried to rape him.
On January 18, a minor girl was sexually assaulted in Dijkot. The 10-year-old girl was abducted and raped by a motorcyclist in the Razaabad area. He later threw the girl unconscious near Lasani Bridge.
The minor girl had left her home in the afternoon to buy vegetables. The motorcyclist lured her out of the way, abducted her and took her to an unknown location where he sexually assaulted her.
He later threw the girl unconscious near Lasani Bridge in Sargodha Road area and fled.
Passersby spotted the unconscious and injured girl and reported the incident to Rescue 15 whose workers shifted her to Allied Hospital Faisalabad.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2021.