MITHI: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh took notice of gang-rape of a woman in a village near Chhachhro town a week ago and summoned Mirpurkhas DIG Zulfikar Ali Mahar and Tharparkar SSP Hassan Sardar Niazi to appear in court on Oct 13 with a detailed report on the incident.

According to a letter sent to the two police officials, the justice expressed concern over the recent gang-rape incident, which was the second within a month’s time in Tharparkar district.

In the latest incident, a 22-year-old Meghwar woman was kidnapped from her house by two suspects who drugged her and her family members before taking her to a desolate place in Chaaper Din Shah village within the limits of Kheensar police station six days ago, and subjected her to gang-rape for several hours.

Police registered an FIR on a complaint lodged by the victim’s father under sections of Pakistan Penal Code and arrested the suspects Mushtaq Ahmed Bajeer and Nabi Bux Bajeer after raids on different places.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2022