Allegedly, the three men forcibly took Niaz to a field, assualted him and left him there, unconscious. PHOTO: FILE
Three men allegedly raped a seminary student in Tanda Dheri village, shared the police on Sunday.
Irfan* told the police his 11-year-old son, Niaz* is a student of a seminary in Rawalpindi and was home for Eidul Azha. On Saturday evening, Niaz was on his way to the village mosque when the accused Muhammad Nazir and his younger brother Liaqat and Nazeer ambushed him. Allegedly, the three men forcibly took Niaz to a field, assualted him and left him there, unconscious.
According to the father, locals spotted the comatose child in the field and they took him to Bafa hospital. Niaz narrated his ordeal when he regained consciousness. He was later referred to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital in Mansehra. Doctors there confirmed the rape and have admitted him for treatment.
Irfan claimed the accused are from influential families and have been pressurising him to drop the case. The complainant has appealed to chief justice of the Peshawar High Court for help
*Names have been changed to protect identities
Published in The Express Tribune, October 21st, 2013.
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@Spock: Im pakistan both girls and boys
In India girls are not safe, in Pakistan boys are not. Were are we heading at.