GUJRANWALA: Police claimed to have arrested two men for allegedly subjecting two minor girls to sexual assault and making their obscene video in Kohluwala Sadar area here on Thursday.

According to police sources, the two suspects ran a video shop in the area. The victims were passing through the street when the suspects lured them into the shop, subjected them to criminal assault and made an obscene video of the girls.

One of the suspects claimed to be a spiritual healer (pir).

As the parents of the victims and other locals came to know about the incident, they staged a protest following which the police reached there and arrested both the suspects.

After the news of the incident was aired by some TV channels, Punjab chief minister and inspector general of police took notice of the matter and sought a report from the district police officer.

Police sources said that more than a dozen obscene videos of minor girls and women were also recovered from the suspects who were shifted to an undisclosed location for further interrogation.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2018

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