Heinous crime: Girl raped to ‘avenge’ abduction

FAISALABAD: A girl was allegedly raped by three men seeking to avenge an abduction near Garh police station on Sunday. Police said Akbar Ali, a resident of Mauza Killianwala, had abducted a girl from his locality some days ago. “To avenge her abduction, her brother Jahangir along and two accomplices abducted Ali’s sister from their house and raped her in a field,” they said. They said the girl was found in the field by some farmers who took her to a hospital. They said Ali was apparently in love with Jahangir’s sister and had been put off when she did not return his affections. Garh SHO said a complaint had been registered and a team had been formed to find and arrest the men who had kidnapped and raped the girl. He said police were awaiting the medico-legal report of the victim before proceeding with the investigations. He said police took such cases very seriously and would investigate the case on merit.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 24^th, 2014.