A 15-year-old Hindu girl was reportedly subjected to sexual assault by two persons in village Umed Ali Lashari near Umerkot town on Sunday.

According to police, Kirshan Bheel complained that the two accused forcibly took away his 15-year-old daughter when she was collecting fodder for animals in the field.

They took her to a deserted place and allegedly raped her, the victim’s father said in his complaint.

Police registered the case against the two accused under Sections 376, 34, 511 and 114 of Pakistan Penal Code at the taluka police station of Umerkot.

SHO Qurban Panhwar later informed the local media persons that police had arrested one accused while the further investigation into the case was underway.

The father and other relatives of the victim complained that the police was initially reluctant to authorise the medical examination of the victim. But later it directed the Civil Hospital Umerkot to conduct the medical check-up of the alleged victim.

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