Two women allegedly sexually assaulted

After registering cases, police started conducting raids to arrest accused

THEKRI WALA:

Two women were allegedly sexually assaulted.

After registering cases, police started conducting raids to arrest the accused.

According to the police report, one of the victims, who is a widow, stated in the case filed by her that she suffered from hepatitis and went to a dispensary in Bernala to get medicines when the accused, Zafar Ali and Ali Ahmed, called her under the pretext of giving her medicines and took the key of a room at the hospital from one of the hospital employees and made her sit in the room.

Shortly afterwards, the accused entered the room and took turns in sexually assaulting her.

In the other case the complainant told the police that accused Manzoor Ahmed found his sister alone at house and raped her at gunpoint.

Last month, three men allegedly gang-raped a widow after promising her of a job in Khurrianwala.

According to the police report, in the case registered by the victim, it was stated that she was living in 203RB Mananwala because of her employment.

The accused, Emad and Samar Ali, came to the victim’s house on March 23rd at 3 pm, offering her a job as a maid in their relative's house. The victim agreed and left her house with the accused. Instead of taking her to her new job, the accused took her to a house in Baowala, where an unknown suspect was already present. They locked the door of the house and gang-raped the victim at gunpoint.

According to the victim, they assaulted her one by one, hitting her with the butt of the pistol whenever she made noise.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2022.