Sexual assault: Teen raped by ‘friend’

Victim found tied to a charpoy, suspect arrested on the spot.

FAISALABAD:

A 16-year-old boy was drugged and sexually assaulted allegedly by a friend on Saturday night. He was found tied to a charpoy lying in an empty plot on Sunday.

The boy was taken to a hospital.  A case has been registered based on a complaint filed by the victim’s uncle. The nominated suspect has been arrested and according to Kamalia police, the suspect has confessed to the crime.

Police said Rashid*, a Naya Bazaar Colony resident, had gone out with a friend, Salman*. Police said Salman had drugged Rashid and raped him.



Rashid’s uncle told the police that Rashid’s father had died a few years ago and he had been living with him (uncle) since then.

He said on Saturday night Salman had visited his house and taken Rashid with him. He said they had both gone for a walk.

When Rashid did not return, he said, he went looking for him.

He said he informed the police a few hours later. They looked for him in the area.

On Sunday morning, he said, the police were informed about a boy tied to a charpoy lying in an empty plot in Roshan Shah Colony. The place was raided and Rashid was found lying unconscious.

Police said they had also arrested Salman who was trying to flee the scene.

Rashid was taken to the tehsil headquarters hospital, where doctors treating him said that his condition was critical.

He was later sent to Allied Hospital in Faisalabad. Doctors said they had found traces of alcohol in his blood. They said he had been raped several times. There were also bruises on the body suggesting that the boy had been beaten.

Kamalia station house officer said that the suspect had told them that he had given Rashid drugged liquor. When he passed out, he tied him to the charpoy and raped him.

The station house officer told The Express Tribune that the suspect would be produced before the area magistrate on Monday.

Four-year-old molested

In Sialkot, a four-year-old was sexually assaulted, police said.

Muradpur police said that the child, a resident of Chati Shaikhan area, had gone to the mosque, adjacent to his house, looking for his father.

There, they said, a neighbour, nominated in the FIR, took the child to a deserted place and raped him.

He had fled abandoning the child who had fainted. Some passers-by found the child and took him to Government Sardar Begum Hospital, where doctors treating him said that he had been raped.

Police said the suspect had fled his home.

The station house officer said that his house had been raided and found locked. A police team was looking for him, he said.

*NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT IDENTITIES

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2013.