Two women allegedly raped, boy molested

Two women were raped and a teenager was molested in separate incidents on Friday. Cases have been registered and police are acting to find the offenders.

Police said the victim, wife of Muhammad Qasim, a resident of D-Type Colony, called Abdul Majeed, a resident of Zulfiqar Colony, to clean the house while her husband was away from home. Majeed later demanded her to engage in adultery with him, to which the woman refused and he verbally abused and raped her at gunpoint. The footage of suspect abusing the victim verbally has been recorded in a CCTV camera installed at the house of the victim.

Meanwhile, Haroon Pathan, a resident of D-Type Colony, along with two unidentified accomplices abducted a woman, a resident of Bazaar 3, Kamalabad, who was walking along Bakar Mandi Road. Pathan kidnapped her in a white car and brought her to a secluded location where the three accused took turns sexually assaulting her. The victim managed to escape the next morning. Police have registered a case against those accused in both incidents under the provisions of 376 PPC and started operations for their arrest.

Moreover, the teenage boy, a resident of 352 GB, was seduced and molested by a man identified as Naeem. Police registered a case under Section 377 PPC and conducted raids to arrest the accused.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2022.