Three caught for ‘molesting boy’

Khanpur SHO says suspects will be presented in local court for physical remand

HARIPUR:

Police arrested three suspects for kidnapping a 17-year-old boy in Julian area on Wednesday.

The suspects took the boy to an empty house where they molested him one by one at gunpoint and filmed the objectionable videos.

The teenager narrated the entire story to his father, who lodged a complaint with Khanpur police. Later, the police booked the molesters, identified as Ahsan, Ehtesham and Aqib, and registered a case against them.

The complainant informed the police that the offenders had molested him before and also blackmailed him with objectionable videos.

He added after molesting his son; they let him go after two hours and threatened him with circulating his videos.

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Khanpur SHO Siddique Shah said that the victim has undergone a medical examination and the suspects will be presented in a local court for a physical remand.

He added that more sections could be incorporated into the FIR considering the medical report.

The victim’s father has demanded the court to award strict punishments to the molesters that are necessary to save other youngsters from the area from them.

Moreover, Atif Raza Advocate said that the concrete evidence against the suspects and active persuasion of the case can get them strict punishment. Several suspects in such cases get bails because of a weak medical report or evidence, he said.

He added that it has also been observed that the plaintiffs make out-of-court settlements with the suspects and eventually withdraw them.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2021.