Police fail to arrest three ‘rapists’ of student

Police have been unable to arrest three suspects, who kidnapped and gang raped an 8th grade student, on Tuesday.

According to the police, three suspects kidnapped her from her house, made her unconscious by intoxicating water, and allegedly gang raped her. Saddar police registered a case and started an investigation.

The complainant SZ* told the police that on the night of June 28, when her mother was asleep and her father was at work, Alish, Saad, and Hasnain knocked on the door. When she opened the door, they thrust the victim’s dupatta in her mouth and dragged her out. The suspects shoved the girl in a car and after an hour, they stopped it at an unknown location.

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The suspects took SZ* to a house and gave her water upon asking. The victim lost consciousness after drinking it and then they gang raped her. On June 30, the victim’s parents found out that she had been abducted by these people and they reached their house in Gujjar Khan and took her back from there.

Saddar police SHO said that a case has been registered, and the investigation is underway. However, the suspects have not been arrested yet. The Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) has also formed a special team headed by a senior police officer to arrest and interrogate the suspects.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 8^th, 2021.