GUJRANWALA, May 6: Family members of a rape victim along with people of the area held a demonstration here on Saturday to protest against Model Town police for allegedly registering a false case.

Reports said one Fida Husain of Muhammadabad locality, Garjakh had abducted a minor girl ‘S’ and raped her which was confirmed by a medical report. The police did not register a case against Fida and booked his younger brother Ali, 10, instead.

On this, the victim’s family and area residents besieged the office of DSP (investigation) Rashid Sundho and chanted slogans against the police. A police team baton-charged them, allegedly smashed the camera of press photographer Talib Husain and arrested many of them.

Later, Model Town police booked 50 people, including father of victim girl Rana Akbar Ali, her uncle Muhammad Mansha, M Afzal, Muhammad Ali, Haji Ghulam Nabi, Siddiqa Bibi and Suriya Bibi, under Sections 353, 427, 186, 148 and 149 and 6/7 of anti-terrorism act for attacking the police.

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