Sanghar police arrest minor girl rape accused

Sanghar police on Thursday night arrested a man accused of raping and torturing a 15-year-old girl from Hyderabad. On Friday, police produced the suspect, Wazir son of Waris Rajar, before a civil judge and judicial magistrate, who granted his three-day physical remand to Chautiarion police station, within whose jurisdiction the incident occurred.

A medical report issued by Civil Hospital Sanghar confirmed that the victim, Shadbano Mallah — also the complainant in the FIR — was brutally tortured, sustaining multiple blade cuts on her face, nose and tongue. She was brought to the hospital at 3:45 am on January 22 in an unconscious state. Shadbano's father is a peasant, while the accused Rajar's father is a landlord.

Separately, in the case of a minor girl allegedly raped while in police custody in Jacobabad district, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a fresh FIR, adding two more policemen to raise the total number of accused officers to eight. Those newly nominated include SHO of RD-52 police station Maqsood Sanjrani and head constable Yaseen Noonari. They join Assistant Sub Inspector Mehrab Khan Sundrani, head constable Abdul Nabi Abro, and constables Barkat Ali Jakhrani, Khadim Ali Jakhrani, Ghulam Yaseen Jakhrani and Mir Hassan Abro.

Civil judge and judicial magistrate Waseem Ahmed Lakhair on Friday granted five-day physical remand of the arrested policemen to the FIA. The suspects were later shifted to the FIA office in Larkana for investigation. The court also directed the FIA to produce the victim, Aasia Khoso, to record her statement under Section 164 on January 27.