Bride gang-raped in front of in-laws in Sheikhupura

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Bride gang-raped in front of in-laws in Sheikhupura

The Newspaper's Correspondent Published December 30, 2020

A woman who was married three days ago was gang-raped by three people in a field in the limit of the Farooqabad Saddar police. — AP/File

SHEIKHUPURA: A woman who was married three days ago was gang-raped by three people in a field in the limit of the Farooqabad Saddar police on Tuesday.

Reports said the bride spent a day with her parents in Eilanwali village after the wedding ceremony. She with her mother-in-law and three other male family members was traveling in an auto-rickshaw to her laws in Farooqabad on Tuesday.

When they crossed the underpass on the motorway, three people wearing masks intercepted them. They snatched mobile phones, cash and jewellery from the rickshaw riders and later gang-raped the bride.

After the rape, they released the woman and also returned their mobile phones and fled with cash and jewellery. The police have started an investigation.

The inspector general of police directed the district police officer to take stern action and arrest the rapists.

The Farooqabad Saddar police arrested four suspects in the case.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2020

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Fastrack

Dec 30, 2020 09:57am

Nobody escapes justice now. Catch them and minimum punishment should be castrations followed by parading in front of public and then a long jail term.

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kamal chowkidar

Dec 30, 2020 10:20am

Again, in the land of pure. Unbelievable!

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Dec 30, 2020 11:06am

Police instructed to take stern action! What a joke!

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A Bostonian

Dec 30, 2020 11:22am

I fail to find words to comment.

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Sarcasm

Dec 30, 2020 11:31am

What is happening in the Land of Pure?

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Dr Ahmad - Melbourne

Dec 30, 2020 11:32am

CM Punjab is complete failure and should go now. Rapes are happening everyday and everywhere in Punjab and state governance is total failure to act.

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Dr.M.S.Awan

Dec 30, 2020 11:39am

This is outrageous. What is going on? Every day we read stories of 7-8 year old girls being raped and killed. In a recent case a little angle was killed first and the raped by two people. And now this newly wed being subjected to this gang rape. Has our society gone to the dogs? Are we humans. Even animals do not resort to these acts. It is time our police, courts and governments take action against these criminals.

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Modern Mullah

Dec 30, 2020 12:07pm

Go through History or modern times' law, only Shariah Implementation was able to minimize these kind of heinous crimes.

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Chrís Dăń

Dec 30, 2020 12:14pm

Sadly the rape seems to have some unseen factors as monsters only raped the lady but did not take away any valuables. Exactly the case of pattern when a woman was raped on motorway in front of her kids. I hope police finds these monsters and they are duly punished.

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Saif Zulfiqar

Dec 30, 2020 12:19pm

There are still some meniacs in the country who are against public hangings and this is what you expect.

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hamid shafiq

Dec 30, 2020 12:30pm

when poor law implementation and delayed justice these things happen.

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SDA

Dec 30, 2020 12:36pm

Speechless! Punjab is completely messed up. Not only in IK;'s government but in every government.

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Parvez

Dec 30, 2020 01:41pm

Were are our law enforcers ? .....all asleep.

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Ali

Dec 30, 2020 03:04pm

courts and police and politicians cannot bear a word of contempt but what does not matter to them is honour of a common person

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Abdur R. Talukder

Dec 30, 2020 03:53pm

Where is the law and order and the agency who suppose to ensure total protection each and everybody.? The failure proves the strength of the anti-social elements and the malignity over the rationality.

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Truth be told

Dec 30, 2020 04:05pm

@Fastrack, so based on history of blaming PMLN, clearly isn't this a certificate for PTI?

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Gaffer

Dec 30, 2020 06:53pm

The crooks whome illetrate voted them for parliment are fighting together to save their looted money,thay why the wolfs are freehand doing this horrible criminal acts in Naya pakistan

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Mansur Ul Haque

Dec 30, 2020 07:45pm

Where this happen? Where we are living? Where law enforcement agencies are?

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Zeeshan Syed

Dec 30, 2020 07:47pm

Only if the women belonged to some political or military family this would not have happened.

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Kulsoom Baloch

Dec 30, 2020 11:04pm

It's an alarming warning to entire humanity that humanism is ended now. We are living in the wild where we found carnivorous around us. The patrolling officers are having fun to look overall but wearing a black glass for being blind. Our security is our enemy. Beware by yourself...!

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AZAM AKBAR

Dec 31, 2020 06:03am

@Zeeshan Syed, Mr. Zeeshan Syed, " Only if the women belonged to some political or military family this would not have You are right. " Pakistan is for the elites who were, are and will be rulers of Pakistan.

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