Police in Attock on Thursday registered a case against the owner of a welfare institute for allegedly assaulting young girls and making their videos.

The suspect was arrested on December 19 after police conducted a raid at the welfare institution near the Gora Qabristan in Attock, said police officials at the City station.

16 girls, between the ages of five and 14 including orphans as well as others who belonged to low income families, were found at the institute. Two women — a matron and a caretaker for the girls — were also rescued.

The police officials added that mobile phones and laptops were retrieved in the raid.

According to the first investigation report (FIR) registered on Dec 20 by a girl's father, who said his daughter had been at the institute for three months, the suspect used to take the girls in a room at night, assault them and make videos.

As per the FIR report, a case has been registered against the suspect under sections 292 A, 292 C, 377 A, 377 B, 376 and 511 of the Pakistan Penal Code, under which child pornography and exposure to seduction is a punishable crime.