Two women, teenage boy raped

Police register cases against accused, launch raids to arrest them

KURIANWALA:

Two women and a 15-year-old boy were raped. Police registered cases and launched raids to nab the accused.

According to the police report, accused Farhan, a resident of Bauwala area of Jhang Bazaar Police Station, promised a neighbor of his, who was a divorcee, to marry her and invited her over to his house where he took advantage of her being alone and violated her at gunpoint.

The other victim had gone to the real estate agency of Akram and Amin in connection with renting a house. However, the two accused raped her.

Meanwhile, a teenage boy was allegedly lured by Yasir and Mohsin, residents of Chirag Town, and took him to a secluded place where they raped him.

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Police registered cases against the accused under the provisions of Sections 376 and 377 of the PPC and started raids to arrest them.

Earlier this month Basirpur police arrested a man in Okara who had allegedly raped and killed a nine-year-old girl in April. Police also claimed that the accused had confessed the murder and rape.

According to SHO Anjum Zia, a nine-year-old girl was raped and killed in Manwala area of Basirpur in the last week of April. He said that DPO Faisal Gulzar had given him the task of tracing the accused.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 12^th, 2022.