Gujranwala youth attempts to rape minor, sets her on fire

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GUJRANWALA: A youth allegedly attempted to rape a nine-year-old girl in Gujranwala and later tried to burn her alive, DawnNews reported Wednesday night.

Suspect Jameel Khan allegedly assaulted the nine-year-old daughter of a labourer living in the jurisdiction of Wahindu police station in Gujranwala district.

The victim was also reportedly set on fire by the suspect. She was shifted to Civil Hospital in critical condition where she was given medical treatment. According to doctors, around 30 per cent of her body has been burnt.

According to the victim’s mother, her daughter was on her way back from her grandmother’s house when the alleged suspect kidnapped her and later attempted to sexually assault her.

Police has begun its investigation into the incident. According to police, the suspect's daughter had quarrelled with the victim a few days ago which had angered him – a possible motive for the attack.

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Indian

Jul 09, 2015 01:41am

Rapists are in all societies, it has nothing to do with religion. Pakistan is no exception.

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Tariq Q

Jul 09, 2015 01:42am

He should be punished to the full extent of the law. For crime like this their should no room for mercy.

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Changez_Khan

Jul 09, 2015 01:50am

This youth must be handed over to Military Court and hanged.

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Saad(DXB)

Jul 09, 2015 02:04am

These kinds of animals deserve to be put in front of the firing squad.. Period!!!

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Mustafa

Jul 09, 2015 02:06am

And now the so called human rights activists will cry out loud that he is under 18 years of age and should not be punished for burning a human being. I wonder what the goals of these organizations are.

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Abdulla Hussain

Jul 09, 2015 02:07am

The only motive of this attack was his lust. Put him behind bar for long time.

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Santosh Menon

Jul 09, 2015 02:32am

This kind of "attacks" should be condemned, be it India, Pakistan or any other country!!.. What bothers me is that some "friends" across the border always vilifies "India" all the time some thing similar happens!!!! . Their narrative "Shining India"!.

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Saeed

Jul 09, 2015 02:37am

Psychopath nation. Two extremes i:e vulgarity in media and conservative environment have torn apart our minds. We must wakeup as a nation

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UShharif

Jul 09, 2015 02:46am

What a shame, a nine years old, holy month of Ramadan. No words to express my sorrow.

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Tanweer Khan

Jul 09, 2015 02:55am

Please see the work being done by a UK organisation called PAGAL (www.pagal.org.uk) that is tirelessly working to prevent the abuse of young girls. We must get society to take action and protect our daughters. As they say "DheeyaN SanjeeyaN HondeyaN Ney"- or "your daughter is my daughter". We can not let our daughters be subjected to abuse - otherwise we are ruining their childhoods, their lives and destroying our communities. Sadly, I have not seen a single Pakistani political leader take a serious stance on this issue. Come on guys - please wake up and let's do something about this evil in our society.

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Ahmad

Jul 09, 2015 03:00am

in Ramazan, seems the shayatan were not locked up, unless you act yourself. we are the shayatan.

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Pakistani

Jul 09, 2015 03:24am

He should be immediately hang

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Hamid Khan

Jul 09, 2015 04:29am

I think people in pakistan need anger management classes.

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Ali

Jul 09, 2015 04:34am

GUJRANWALA seems to be the biggest Evil city of Pakistan.I have noticed city produces all types of evil news with grave intensity. Harsh words could be either mafia is ruling city or people are highly uneducated or educated arrogant

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Amna Malik

Jul 09, 2015 04:34am

I'm so glad to have left this hell hole of a country

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Harmony-1

Jul 09, 2015 04:52am

This guy has put the girl to hell. Severe punishment should be meted out to this disgusting guy.

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IntellectualProcrastinator

Jul 09, 2015 05:24am

No excuses. The perp should be hanged!

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Hashim Khan

Jul 09, 2015 05:33am

We have a lot of population and we should kill animals like these amongst us instantly without a prolonged process.

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Anonymous

Jul 09, 2015 08:08am

My question is, does it make sense to give away the name of a "suspect" to media? That also at such an early stage of investigation?

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Tariq

Jul 09, 2015 08:37am

@Indian true

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Junaid

Jul 09, 2015 01:34pm

I condemn this assault on innocent. This sort of lust mongers should be captivated for life.

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