Seven held for raping woman in Gujar Khan

GUJAR KHAN: Seven suspects were arrested on charge of raping a woman in the jurisdiction of Lilla police station of Jhelum district.

According to details, a woman reported to the police on Feb 28th that she had come to Lilla from Bhalwal tehsil of district Sargodha and when she got off from the van at Lilla interchange a man named Kamran allegedly took her to a cattle farm where he raped her along with six other people.

Lilla police arrested all the suspects on Wednesday.

DPO Jhelum Shakir Hussain Dawar confirmed to Dawn, that all the suspects have been arrested and further investigations were under way.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2021

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AZAM AKBAR

Mar 05, 2021 03:25pm

Sick society.

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Ibrahim S

Mar 06, 2021 07:12am

Why these is a spike in a gang rape. There must be something fundamental wrong with our society .

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Mar 06, 2021 01:13pm

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