SARGODHA: A gang-rape victim was shot dead by her brother at village Behk Lurka of tehsil Kot Momin on Sunday.
The 28-year-old victim was gang-raped by four suspects of an influential family a couple of days back. The Laksian Police Station had registered a case against the suspects but allegedly did not take action to arrest them.
Feeling aggrieved, the victim’s brother, along with his two accomplices, allegedly shot dead his sister and managed to escape. Police arrested him when, according to the policemen, he was planning to kill the four alleged rapists.
The suspect told police that he took action on his own as police did not arrest suspects who were pressurising his family to ‘reconcile’ with them.
On the other hand, police claimed that the rape suspects had got interim pre-arrest bail from the court until Feb 11.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that another 14-year-old girl was raped in the area and the suspect was absconding. After the murder incident in Kot Momin, police sprung into action and arrested the suspect.
SMUGGLERS: Miani police arrested two drug smugglers, belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and seized over 100kg charas and opium from them.
A police patrol team signalled a car to stop but the car driver tried to escape. Police chased the car and found 44kg charas and 65kg opium hidden in it. They arrested the suspects, identified as Irfan and Saeed Anwar. The suspects told police that the narcotics were being smuggled to Sargodha.
Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2022
