Woman identifies rapists

Published September 12, 2003

TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 11: A gang rape victim of Chak 340-JB Gojra identified all four accused in the Jhang district jail on Thursday during an identification parade.

Gojra ASP Saqib Ismail Memon told newsmen that police arrested Shakoor, Aziz Roda, Abdul Rehman and Iqbal Dara from various places. They belonged to a gypsy tribe, he added.

They had forced their entry into an outhouse on the night of June 25 and raped ‘R’ after locking the male members of the family in a room. They had also looted the house, said the ASP.

The ASP said the accused have been remanded in Nawan Lahore police custody.

MURDER: A woman was killed in Chak 280-JB Duggal Kotli, Gojra, over a minor dispute.

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