Two suspects held in rape cases

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TOBA TEK SINGH: Two suspects have been arrested in separate rape cases in the district on Monday.

In the first incident, Pirmahal police arrested on Monday an alleged rapist of 13-year-old girl of his Chak 668/9-GB.

According to the first information report (FIR), the complainant said his daughter was kidnapped by the suspect from a street. He took her forcibly to a deserted house where he raped her at gunpoint.

District Police Officer Rana Umer Farooq said the medical examination also confirmed rape of the girl.

In the second incident, a shopkeeper has been arrested for attempting to rape a six-year-old girl who had gone to his shop for grocery in Kamalia’s Islampura locality.

The complainant alleged in the FIR that the suspect had taken his daughter to a room adjacent to the shop and attempted to rape her. However, the girl raised an alarm and the suspect managed to flee.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2020

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