Two girls raped

Published April 20, 2007

MULTAN, April 19: Four unidentified people allegedly gang-raped two girls here on Wednesday night.

Muhammad Afzal of Chah Ibraheemwala told police that he was sleeping when 10 armed people entered his house and injured him and his son Muhammad Asghar with clubs. Two accused raped his 16-year-old daughter and other two raped his another widow daughter at gunpoint.

Later, they took away 14-tola gold, Rs58,000, a VCR and a CD player.

Makhdoompur police have registered a case No.126/07 under section 397/376(2) and started investigation.

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