MUZAFFARGARH: Three cases of rape, two of them involving minors, were registered with different police stations in the district on Monday.

A four-year-old girl was raped by an eight-year-old boy and police registered a case against him under Section 376 of the PPC with the Alipur Saddar Police Station.

A widow, Bahar Mai, complained to police that an eight-year-old boy had raped her four-year-old girl. She alleged that the girl was in unconscious condition when she found her and took her hospital for treatment. Police registered a case against the boy and arrested him.

In another case, a 13-year-old boy was raped by a mobile phone shop owner. The case was registered with the Ber Mir Hazaar Police Station.

In the third case, a 20-year-old girl was raped by a man when she cutting fodder in the fields in the Sher Sultan police area. Police registered a case against the suspect identified by the girl.

POLICE: The district police officer (DPO) removed nine police officials, including a station house master, over corruption.

On Monday, DPO Muhammad Hassan Iqbal removed an SHO, an ASI and seven other officials from services. Seventy-four other police officials were suspended from service of they received other forms of punishment, the DPO told the media.

He said the officials who faced punitive action could not give satisfactory replies to the complaints against them. He added that more police officials were under inquiry.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2021