Abduction and rape: G-B police nab suspects in dragnet
The incident occurred near the chief minister house at Sadpara Road in Skardu
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Police on Friday arrested two men, who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted an 18-year-old girl on March 5 in the Skardu area of Gilgit-Baltistan.
A police official, Mubarak Jan, said police took swift action soon after registration of a report and launched a search operation. He said both the accused have confessed to their crime.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2015.
Police on Friday arrested two men, who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted an 18-year-old girl on March 5 in the Skardu area of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The young woman, an eleventh-grade student, was returning home from a tuition centre, when she was forcibly picked up allegedly by Shakeel Ahmed and Ahmed Hussain, who later took her to a nearby house and sexually assaulted her.
The incident occurred near the chief minister house at Sadpara Road in Skardu, an otherwise peaceful town that has a very low crime rate.
The victim’s father filed an FIR against the suspects.
A police official, Mubarak Jan, said police took swift action soon after registration of a report and launched a search operation. He said both the accused have confessed to their crime.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2015.