Man held for raping, filming girls

Accused shared the torture video on social media

QUETTA:

Police raided and arrested an accused Hidayatullah Khilji on the charges of luring innocent girls, raping and filming them in order to later blackmail them. The video of the poor girls has been making rounds on social media, causing uproar across the Balochistan province.

Hidayatullah is also accused of blackmailing girls in order to extort money.

Talking to The Express Tribune SHO Quaidabad Police Station Ijaz Ahmad said that they had received a complaint from a local woman who blamed that her two daughters aged 19 and 15 were being blackmailed by the accused Hidyatullah and his brother Khalil.

“Both the girls were kidnapped by them. They raped them and filmed the entire process. Now my daughters are being forced into prostitution by these two,” she stated in the FIR, adding that a video had gone viral on social media in which both the girls could be seen being tortured nude. She also produced the video before the police as evidence.

“After registering an FIR investigation was initiated into the case and a police team was sent to arrest the accused. They raided a house and arrested the main accused,” he said, adding that the accused will be produced before the court as there was a public outcry on social media and people were demanding justice for the poor girls.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 5^th, 2021.