CHAKWAL: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by two persons, police sources said on Monday.

The incident took place in Waray village located in the jurisdiction of Neelah police station.

The girl who went to the police station along with her parents told police that she was sleeping at her home with her parents when someone knocked the gate of the house at 12 midnight. When she opened the gate, two men covered her mouth with a cloth and took her to nearby deserted place.

The girl managed to recognise the two suspects who also belonged to the same village. The victim alleged that both men assaulted her and then left her near the house of one of the suspects. The father of the suspect then took the girl to her home.

Police got conducted a medical examination of the victim after registering a case against the two suspects and the father of one of them.

“We have arrested the father of one of the suspects and raids are being conducted to trace the two men who managed to escape from the village,” SHO Amjad Bhatti told Dawn. He added that both suspects would be arrested soon.

Investigation Officer Khalida Parveen told Dawn that a medical examination report was yet to be issued by the Punjab Forensic Science Agency.

The victim’s brother and father, while talking to Dawn, said they belonged to a poor family. “We appeal to the chief minister and inspector general of police to provide us justice,” they said.

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2019