PESHAWAR: A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged in Peshawar's Sharqi police station after a juvenile prisoner claimed that he and other juvenile inmates have been sexually abused inside the Peshawar Central Prison.

The FIR was registered on the orders of Peshawar district and sessions judge, Shahid Khan, against five people, including two jail officials and three prisoners, nominated by the victim in the sexual abuse case.

The nominated persons include two jail officials identifed as Ajmal and Anwar, inmate Rahat numberdar and another prisoner known as prisoner number 75 or pichatara.

The victim, in his statement before police, maintained that an assistant jailer and Rahat numberdar forcefully took him to the cell of prisoner number 75, where he was sexually abused.

Upon his protest, Rahat not only beat him but ordered prisoner number 75 to 'continue his work'.

The juvenile prisoner claimed that the jail assistants took a total sum of 6,000 rupees from the alleged rapist for the purpose, urging a medical checkup to ascertain his claim.

According to a Dawn Newspaper report published on Tuesday, the boy, stated to be around 14-15, had lodged a complaint with the Peshawar district and sessions judge, Shahid Khan, who had ordered an inquiry into the matter.

An official said the judicial magistrate had recorded the alleged victim's statement and ordered production of the record of the jail’s juvenile section.

The boy had allegedly said that some jail officials randomly took out juvenile inmates and supplyed them to different prisoners in exchange for monetary return.

The ‘victim’ said other juvenile inmates had not been raising their voice out of fear of torture by the prison officials as well as adult prisoners.

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