Sexually assaulted: Teenage girl found unconcious in Karachi
Medico legal officer at JPMC says the girl was sexually assaulted.
Doctors at the Jinnah Hospital confirmed that Z had been sexually assaulted. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
A fifteen-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted and then sexually assault, was found lying unconscious by the road-side in Defence Phase I, Karachi, late on Friday evening.
According to what the girl, Z*, told doctors treating her at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), she was abducted by an anonymous rickshaw driver when she was going home in North Karachi from her college in Sakhi Hassan on Friday afternoon.
“I was given some kind of juice by a rickshaw driver and I do not know what actually happened later,” she told doctors at the JPMC.
The girl had been found in unconscious state in Defence Phase I, within the limits of Defence police station. Some people said that the girl had jumped onto the road from a running rickshaw while some said she was thrown from the running rickshaw. However, she was soon shifted to the hospital for treatment.
Z was taken to JPMC along with a person who she claimed was her uncle. Shortly after she was brought to the hospital, her uncle took her home.
“After taking her back to home, the girl’s family tried to admit her to a private hospital but the hospital’s administration refused to admit them and later the family brought her back to JPMC in the evening,” JPMC’s joint executive director Dr Seemin Jamali told The Express Tribune.
Back at the JPMC, female medico-legal officer Dr Fareeda conducted Z’s medical examination.
“Our doctor’s findings suggest that she has been subjected to sexual assault,” Dr Jamali explained. She added that the girl was in unconscious condition but she was able to communicate with the doctors, adding that it is likely that she was given some toxic substances in a drink and has been admitted to the Poisoning Control Centre of the hospital.
The girl’s family refused to offer comment.
Meanwhile, police has been unable to get a handle on the case.
“We are still waiting to record her or her family’s statement so that we can start our investigations,” said Defence DSP Tariq Mughal. “We are still trying to ascertain what actually happened to her and how and by whom.”
The officer said that the police will be able to do something after the family or the victim record their statement.
No case had been registered till the filing of this report.
*Name has been changed to protect identity.
A fifteen-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted and then sexually assault, was found lying unconscious by the road-side in Defence Phase I, Karachi, late on Friday evening.
According to what the girl, Z*, told doctors treating her at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), she was abducted by an anonymous rickshaw driver when she was going home in North Karachi from her college in Sakhi Hassan on Friday afternoon.
“I was given some kind of juice by a rickshaw driver and I do not know what actually happened later,” she told doctors at the JPMC.
The girl had been found in unconscious state in Defence Phase I, within the limits of Defence police station. Some people said that the girl had jumped onto the road from a running rickshaw while some said she was thrown from the running rickshaw. However, she was soon shifted to the hospital for treatment.
Z was taken to JPMC along with a person who she claimed was her uncle. Shortly after she was brought to the hospital, her uncle took her home.
“After taking her back to home, the girl’s family tried to admit her to a private hospital but the hospital’s administration refused to admit them and later the family brought her back to JPMC in the evening,” JPMC’s joint executive director Dr Seemin Jamali told The Express Tribune.
Back at the JPMC, female medico-legal officer Dr Fareeda conducted Z’s medical examination.
“Our doctor’s findings suggest that she has been subjected to sexual assault,” Dr Jamali explained. She added that the girl was in unconscious condition but she was able to communicate with the doctors, adding that it is likely that she was given some toxic substances in a drink and has been admitted to the Poisoning Control Centre of the hospital.
The girl’s family refused to offer comment.
Meanwhile, police has been unable to get a handle on the case.
“We are still waiting to record her or her family’s statement so that we can start our investigations,” said Defence DSP Tariq Mughal. “We are still trying to ascertain what actually happened to her and how and by whom.”
The officer said that the police will be able to do something after the family or the victim record their statement.
No case had been registered till the filing of this report.
*Name has been changed to protect identity.