Girl’s ear chopped off

Published November 24, 2014

OKARA: An ear of a girl was chopped off by five men over turning down of the marriage proposal by her parents at Chak 11/GD on Sunday.

Reports said that Kausar Bibi was on her way to a shop when Altaf, Zulfiqar, Niaz and their two accomplices overpowered her, thrashed and later chopped off her ear with a knife. The Ravi police have registered a case against the five accused on the complaint of victim’s father Abdul Sattar.

Raped

A fake spiritual healer raped a woman in Deepalpur on Saturday night. Reports said the Lahore-based victim along with her brother and sister stayed at the house of ‘spiritual healer’ Ejaz who raped her on Saturday night.

A rape case has been registered against the accused.

Published in Dawn, November 24th , 2014

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