LAYYAH: Two boys allegedly raped a four-year-old girl in Rajan Shah union council area of Karor tehsil on Friday.

Victim’s father said that her daughter was playing in a house when her cousin took her to a nearby shop to buy her sweets. On their way back, another boy met her cousin and they both took the girl to a nearby field and molested her.

He said a passerby found the girl in a critical condition and was shifted to the Karor THQ Hospital.

WMO Dr Faryal confirmed to Dawn that the girl was raped.

SHO Sarfaraz Ahmed said one of the suspects was arrested while raids were being conducted for the arrest of his accomplice.

Police have registered a case against the two suspected boys under section 376 of the PPC on the report of the victim’s father.

Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2017

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