Boy gang-raped

Published April 24, 2024

MUZAFFARGAHR: A 12-year-old boy was gang-raped by two persons at gunpoint in Seetpur, a town of Alipur tehsil, on Tuesday.

The police said the suspects kidnapped the boy when he was on his way home from a wedding and took him to an undisclosed location.

They gang-raped him within the limits of Seetpur police station in the Circle of Alipur tehsil.

Police have registered a case on the complaint of the boy’s father. The police said the medical report confirmed sexual assault.

SMUGGLING: The police thwarted an attempt to smuggle Iranian oil in an oil tanker, seizing 69,700 liters of oil which was then handed over to the customs authorities.

The suspects involved in the smuggling were arrested.

Karamdad Qureshi Station House Officer Abdul Rauf and his team executed the operation against the oil smugglers.

The police said that no concessions would be given to smugglers, and strict legal action would be taken against them.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2024

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