NAROWAL: The Zafarwal police have registered a case against the son of a private school owner and his accomplice for blackmailing and sexually assaulting female students and teachers.

The suspects used to rape the students by tricking them into getting good marks in the matriculation exams.

The son of a private school owner and his friend would later blackmail them through videos.

The suspect used to invite matriculation students to his house promising them good marks in exams. There he would rape them while his friend would shoot the scenes, which they would use to blackmail the girls. They minted money from the rape survivors for not putting videos online.

Also, the suspects have sexually abused several schoolteachers in various ways. The police became active after watching a video on social media.

The Zafarwal police registered a case against the suspect at the Zafarwal police station under the provisions of blackmail and sexual assault on the complaint of Assistant Sub-Inspector Shabir Hussain.

The police have yet to arrest the suspects.

Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2021

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