Minor girl allegedly sexually assaulted

Police register a case under Section 376 of Pakistan Penal Code

BHAKKAR:

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Bhakkar and the suspect fled when her condition deteriorated.

However, police arrested the suspect Arsalan Ali a few hours later. A case has been registered in Darya Khan police station. Evidence is being collected by the district police after which the suspect will be presented in a court.

DPO Bhakkar Rana Tahir Rehman Khan took notice of the incident and issued orders to the local police to register a case immediately.

SHO Inspector Shafiullah Khan and his team registered a case under Section 376 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in Darya Khan police station.

The suspect Arsalan Ali, resident of Jhok Qalandar Bakhsh, was arrested a few hours after he fled.

The district police officer said that evidence was being collected against the suspect.

Earlier this year in May, a young girl was sexually assaulted after being lured on the pretext of giving a job, while a teenager thwarted a rape attempt in Dijkot.

Faisal Nawaz, a resident of D-Type Colony, infprmed the police that his 26-year-old sister was called to Douglaspura by the suspect Qaiser on the pretext of giving her a job.

Nawaz said, “The victim was taken to a house where an unknown person was already present with a weapon. He raped my sister at gunpoint.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 12^th, 2021.