Girl allegedly sexually assaulted

Victim was lured by rapist on pretext of buying her medicine

KURIANWALA:

A girl was sexually assaulted on pretext of getting her medicine from a medical store on Tuesday.

The complainant told police that she went to the Allied Hospital to buy medicine with her 22-year-old daughter.

She told police Nabil Ahmed came to her and said he will bring her medicine from a medical store.

She told police that she sent her 22-year-old daughter with the suspect who took her to a secluded place and raped her.

She said the suspect left her at the main gate of Allied Hospital three hours later and fled.

Police registered a case against suspect Nabil Ahmed under Sections 376 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) after inquiry and started searching for the suspect.

Cases where women are sexually assaulted on pretext of help and fake promises are not uncommon in the district.

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On September 5, a woman was sexually assaulted on a pretext of promise of marriage and dinner.

Reportedly, the suspect identified as Fahad Arshad, the son of Muhammad Arshad and a resident of Sadhupura along with his accomplice called his girlfriend to a hotel on the pretext of having dinner.

When the victim reached the hotel near Lorry Ada, the suspect Fahad took her to a room he had booked where he allegedly sexually harassed her. When the victim resisted, Fahad allegedly threatened to kill her and sexually assaulted her.

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