Swindled: Woman raped by spiritual healer

Two of his men stood guard for three hours before she was let go having been threatened with death if she told anyone

BAHAWALPUR: A woman was allegedly raped on Tuesday by a man who claimed to be a spiritual healer. Zarrina Bibi, 22, resident of Chowk Taranda Mohammad Panah, said that she had visited the man to get a charm. “Two of his men stood guard for three hours before I was let go having been threatened with death if I told anything about it,” she said. Channi Goth SHO Rashed Channar said police had obtained DNA samples and sent the woman for a medical report.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 16^th, 2012.