Two women allegedly raped in Thikriwala
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Two women were allegedly raped while five teenagers were molested in the district on Wednesday.
Police said in Ladies Park Wapda Colony located in the area of Mansoorabad police station, Akbar Ali's went to a park when Abid Hussain, a security guard, forced them into his guardhouse at gunpoint and molested them.
A passersby reached the scene and grabbed Abid, before beating him and handing him over to Mansoorabad police.
Police have registered separate cases against Abid under the provision of 377 PPC on the statements of Akbar Ali and other relatives.
Meanwhile, the accused, Ahmed, found a woman, a resident of Hajveri Town, alone in her house. After threatening to kill her at gunpoint, he took her to a room, bound her hands and raped her. In Chak 144 GB, Bashiran Bibi's niece was abducted on her way to the market by Shakeel and three others.
The accused took the victim to an unknown location before gang-raping her. In Rana Town, Rizwan lured Rafiq’s 17-year-old son to a house under construction where he molested him. Meanwhile, a nine-year-old boy from the Juranwala Road area, was taken to a billiard game where the accused Ahsan made him a target of misconduct while he was going to school. Separately, Akram’s son was seduced by the accused Safdar in Chak 288 RB, taken to a nearby sugarcane field and made a target of misconduct. Police have registered cases against the named accused under sections 377-376 and started raids for their arrest.
Cases of this nature remain commonplace within Punjab province.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2022.