Heinous crime: Two children, four women raped in Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR: Two children and four women were reported raped in Bahawalpur on Tuesday.

Ejaz Ahmad’s five-year-old daughter Sehr* was abducted by a man, Waseem* from Islampura locality in Ahmadpur East. The accused took her to an abandoned home and raped her there. She was taken to a hospital.

City police have registered a rape case against Waseem and are searching for him.

Another five-year-old girl was raped in Tahliwali village.

She has been hospitalised. Channi Goht police have registered a case and arrested a suspect.

A 13-year-old girl was raped in Chak 12-BC by her cousin. Baghdadul Jadeed police have arrested the accused.

In Hasilpur, a woman was abducted and gang-raped. In Ahmadpur East, a man raped a married woman.

Another woman was gang-raped in Kanjoo Colony. Police have registered separate cases.

*Names have been changed to protect identities

Published in The Express Tribune, August 20^th, 2014.