A mentally challenged woman was allegedly subjected to sexual assault in village Mohammad Yusaf Khoso near Badin town, police said.

A first information report (FIR) has been filed in this regard at the Model Police Station Badin, in which the complainant Khair Mohammad Khoso has pleaded that three accused gang-raped his daughter while she was busy collecting fodder for their livestock on Saturday.

Khoso alleged that the three men dragged the 27-year-old mentally challenged woman to the bushes and raped her.

FIR No 273 under Sections of 376 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code has been registered against Nawaz Malah, Soomar Mallah and Abdul Wahid Mallah.

SHO Model police station, while talking to Dawn, said that police have arrested Wahid while raids are being conducted to arrest the remaining accused.

The woman has been admitted to Indus Hospital where initial medical examinations confirmed that she was subjected to sexual assault.

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