The accused was with an accomplice. PHOTO: FILE
Following directions of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, the Kohat police arrested the brother of Deputy Speaker Imtiaz Qureshi on Thursday for allegedly raping a woman.
Shakar Darra police SHO Afzal Khan said at 11am on Wednesday, a 26-year-old woman identified as Farahnaz* registered an FIR at the police station.
It stated that all her family members had left the house to harvest wheat in their fields when Safdar Qureshi, brother of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Deputy Speaker Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, and his accomplice Asmatullah barged into her house and allegedly thrashed and raped her.
“They beat me up first and then raped me,” Farahnaz told the police. The SHO said a case was filed under sections 376, 452 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code and a search was launched to nab the accused.
The police arrested Safdar on Thursday and are investigating the case further.
*Name changed to protect identity
Published in The Express Tribune, May 9th, 2014.
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@counter troll: The system isnt working if it requires the CM to give orders to arrest someone accused of commiting a rape!
Following directions of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak... Atleast its not like Punjab or Sindh where members of MPAs are protected by the governments. Everyone is equal under the law as demonstrated by CM Khattak.