At gun point: Woman raped by brother in-law

Police are looking for the culprit.

BAHAWALPUR: A woman was allegedly raped on Sunday by her brother-in-law in Taranda Saway Khan. Shumaila* told The Express Tribune that her husband was out of town and she was home alone with her one-year-old daughter. “My husband’s brother broke in and raped me at gun point,” she said. Kot Samba SHO Riaz Ahmed said that police were looking for the man. He said DNA samples had been sent for forensic examination.

* The name has been changed to protect the victim’s identity 

Published in The Express Tribune, May 28^th, 2012.