TAXILA: Police on Monday arrested the accomplice of a man involved in a girl’s rape and botched attack on a police party.

According to a police spokesman, the suspect took the girl (11) in his rickshaw from Losar Sharfoo area to his under-construction house in Faisal Town on Feb 8, where the main suspect assaulted her.

The police traced the main suspect on Feb 15 from Sadiqabad. On Feb 24, when the police party was taking the main suspect for recovery, his accomplice opened fire to get him freed. During the crossfire, the suspect received a bullet injury.

The attacker fled but police traced him on Monday.

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2023

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