TOBA TEK SINGH: Rajana police registered on Monday a rape case against a microfinance bank official.

As per first information report registered under section 376 of PPC, complainant ‘G’ said suspect ‘N’ along with his accomplices ‘Ad’ and ‘As’ came to her home and interviewed her daughter ‘F’ for a job two months back. She said they again came after a few days when she was not at home and suspect ‘N’ allegedly raped her daughter.

When contacted, the bank manager said ‘N’ had left the job several months ago.

However, his accomplice ‘Ad’ claimed that a bogus case was registered against him as he [‘Ad’] contracted marriage with the girl without the consent of her parents and now her family was blackmailing him to get money. He alleged that the woman had done the same with another person and extorted Rs250,000 from him by blackmailing.

Police are looking into the matter.

DROWN: Two boys drowned in the canal as they bet a one litre soft drink bottle on a swimming competition at Gojra on Monday near Nawan Lahore.

Rescue 1122 said Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Zeshan of Chak 337-JB jumped into the biggest Jhang branch canal to cross it and drowned.

Rescuers recovered the body of Zeshan and shifted it to Gojra THQ Hospital for autopsy while the search is on for the other.

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2021