LAHORE: The Defence B police registered a case against an unknown suspect for raping a minor boy here on Monday.

The police said an unidentified man lured the boy to a deserted area of the Defence Housing Authority when he was returning from school. The man raped the boy and fled the scene, leaving him unconscious, a police official said.

He said the family of the boy shifted him to the hospital and reported the matter to the police.

The police lodged a case against the unknown man and started looking for the culprit.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2022

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