Punjab

Minor girl allegedly sexually assaulted

Victim was at her school when suspect held her back and raped her

Our Correspondent July 26, 2021

The age of the victims, who have identified the suspect after the arrest, ranged between 10 and 12 years. REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

LAHORE:

A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in her school in Raiwind.

The victim along with her sister went to a nearby school to study. After she returned home, the minor went to sleep.

In the evening, her mother noticed marks of blood on the victim’s clothes.

The victim’s mother told her husband Chand Maseeh after he returned home from work from a factory.

Later, the victim’s parents learned from the victim’s cousin that a boy named Saleem had held back the girl at the school. The suspect had allegedly physically assaulted the girl as well.

The suspect reportedly told others at the school to leave the premises while he held the victim there.

Police registered a case against the suspect.

This is the second incident of molestation of a minor school girl in this month in the provincial capital.

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A few weeks ago, the incident was reported in Nishtar Colony. A minor girl went to study in school where a teenage boy sexually assaulted her in washroom. When the family lodged complaint before school administration and police, they allegedly tried to hide the facts and made excuses to register FIR.

The family and relatives lodged a protest and blocked a road. A case was registered against the suspect and he was arrested.

Earlier, a man was arrested in Shahdara for sexually assaulting his minor stepdaughter. The suspect’s wife caught him red-handed. He had intimidated her not to register a case before police.

However, when she approached police against his warning, he along with his accomplices shot at his in-laws.

A few days prior to this incident, a man was arrested in the same area for sexually assaulting a minor girl. Reportedly, the suspect ran an IT shop in the area and had lured and raped minor children multiple times.

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

Published in The Express Tribune, July 26^th, 2021.