LAKKI MARWAT: A teenage boy was sexually assaulted in Warghar locality of Darra Pezu town, police said on Thursday.

They said that two local residents enticed the boy hailing from Ziarat, Balochistan, and brought him to the town from Tank district to work with them as cleaner. They said that the boy, who was kept at a guestroom in Pezu town, was molested there for three days by four people.

The police quoted the victim as saying that he had come to Tank to earn livelihood. “On Sept 6, Ishaq and Ihsanullah met me in Tank and asked me to go with them to Darra Pezu town and work with them as cleaner of truck,” he said.

He added that the two kept him in a guesthouse of one Naqeebullah in Warghar locality.The boy alleged that Ishaq, Naqeebullah, Israr and Shahid assaulted him for three days.

The police said that they had arrested Naqeebullah and Israr after registration of case against them and their accomplices.

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2018

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