Abduction and rape?: Policemen sent on remand

Colleagues deny that the girls are members of a gang of kidnappers.

SUKKUR:

A civil judge on Monday granted a five-day police remand to two police personnel including, a Station House Officer (SHO) for alleged involvement in the rape of two sisters in interior Sindh.

The two sisters (N, 18) and (S, 16) talked to the reporters last Sunday accusing SHO Khambhra, Abdullah Awan, and constables Abdul Razzaq Malik and Arbelo Mochi of having raided their house and kidnapping them. The girls said they were confined at various places and were repeatedly raped for three days.

Taking notice of these allegations, Ghotki Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) ordered to have an FIR registered against the accused. SHO Awan and constable Malik were arrested while constable Mochi got away. The SSP ordered to conduct an inquiry into the incident and submit the inquiry report within three days.



The police presented the accused in the District and Sessions Court in Ghotki where their statements were recorded. The court ordered a medical examination of the girls who were directed to go to Khambhra police station and submit an application to become a party to the case.

According to informed sources, a doctor at Ghotki Taluka Hospital has examined the alleged victims and confirmed the act, adding that it had taken place in the recent past.

However talking to The Express Tribune, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Abdul Rehman Khoso of Khambhra police station denied rape charges against the SHO and other policemen.

“Both the girls in question are members of a gang of kidnappers who use them to lure their victims into their trap,” Khoso alleged, adding that he had received a copy of the medical report which was negative.

However, informed sources confirmed that the girls were kept in illegal captivity for three days and were released on the intervention of an elder of the Kosh tribe.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2013.