Accused of rape: Police nab deputy speaker’s brother
Arrest made on directive of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
The accused was with an accomplice. PHOTO: FILE
KOHAT:
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.
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.