KASUR: Two girls were allegedly raped in as many incidents in the district; one by a landlord and the other by her own father.

Police have registered cases, arresting one of the suspects, who faced incest charge, while the other is at large.

In the first incident, Kot Radha Kishan police on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly raping his daughter at Jhalar Bhagianwali village last Friday and lodged a case against him.

The complainant girl told the police that last Friday the suspect took her to his haveli (outhouse) on some pretext, where he allegedly raped her.

She also stated in the FIR that her father had sexually assaulted her several times in the past and she had complained about it to her relatives, but no one raised a voice for her, forcing the survivor to approach local police.

The police said a case had been registered against the suspect under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and he was arrested.

According to Station House Officer (SHO) Farooq Ranjha, the survivor was reluctant to get herself medically examined.

In a separate incident, a landlord allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl on Tuesday after calling her to his outhouse at Jamber village in the limits of Phoolnagar Saddar police station.

As per the complainant, the girl’s father, the suspect called the survivor at his outhouse on the pretext of paying her wages for working in his fields. When she reached there, the suspect allegedly raped her.

Acting on the complaint, the police lodged a criminal case against the landlord, who was still at large.

BODY FOUND: B-Division police recovered the body of an unidentified man from the Rohi Nullah, on Tuesday.

Police shifted the body to the DHQ Hospital for autopsy and started striving for the identification of the body.

Police also lodged a murder case against unidentified accused and were investigating.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2021