Three women allegedly raped in Dijkot
Three women were allegedly raped in separate incidents in the district.
According to police report, the accused, Kashif, Ashraf and Asif, kidnapped a woman and took her to an unknown place on Sargodha Road where they allegedly raped her.
In a separate incident, accused Nasir found his victim alone in her house in Jhang Road 67 GB and raped her.
Police registered cases and launched raids to nab the accused. In 409 GB, two accused raped a 16-year-old teenager, made inappropriate pictures of her and then started blackmailing her.
Meanwhile, a boy thwarted the attempt by accused Ali and Talib Hussain to rape him, but the suspects badly tortured him.
After registering cases against the nominated accused, police launched raids to arrest them. In December last year a woman was allegedly raped on pretext of getting her medicine from a medical store in Khurrianwala.
The complainant told police that she had gone to the Allied Hospital to buy medicine with her 22-year-old daughter.
She told police that Nabil Ahmed came to her and said he would bring her medicine from the medical store.
She said that sent her young daughter with the suspect who took her to a secluded place and allegedly raped her.
The complainant further said the suspect left her at the main gate of the Allied Hospital three hours later and fled. Police registered a case against suspect Nabil Ahmed under Section 376 of the 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.
On September 5 last year, suspect Fahad Arshad, along with an accomplice of his, allegedly “invited” his girlfriend to a hotel to have dinner.
When the victim arrived at the hotel near Lorry Ada, the suspect, Fahad, allegedly took her to a room he had pre-booked where he allegedly attempted to rape her.
When the victim resisted, Fahad allegedly threatened to kill her and then had her dishonoured.
The victim told police that the accomplice, who she identified as constable Ghufran of Chowki Lorry Ada, had also threatened her to remain silent over the rape incident. Civil Lines police arrested Ghufran and Fahad.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2022.