A teenage boy from the Hindu community was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint by people of influence in Sindh's Darro town, DawnNews reported on Wednesday.

The boy's father alleged that a few days ago his son was kidnapped by PPP's Mirpur Bathoro Taluka General Secretary Arbab Mohammad Ibrahim, Saleem Ghuggo and two more accomplices.

The father said that the co-accused "held his son hostage, took them to their otaq (compound) in Darro town, sodomised him and video recorded the entire ordeal".

The victim said the suspects used the video to blackmail his family and pressurised them to such an extent that they had no option but to leave their ancestral town and relocate to Hyderabad.

The father said when the family could not meet the financial demands, one of the blackmailers made the video public.

The father told Dawn that the trauma has led his son to isolate himself and that he feels suicidal.

They appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the incident and provide justice to the family.

PPP Sindh president Nisar Khoro took notice of the incident and removed Ibrahim — one of the co-accused — from his position.

Meanwhile, Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal issued directives to SP Sujawal to register a first information report and arrange for the security of the family.

"Nobody involved in the gruesome incident, irrespective of his socio-political status, will be spared," Siyal told newsmen.


With additional reporting by Imtiaz Ali.

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