GUJRAT: Police in Gujrat have registered at least six cases against the complainants, victims and witnesses in boys’ rape cases, for withdrawing or changing statements against the suspects before the court of law.

All the cases have been lodged with the Kakrali police station in Kharian tehsil of Gujrat district in a single day.

Official sources say that the cases were lodged against the complainants, victims and witnesses following a written complaint by the public prosecution after its deputy director sent the matter to Gujrat district police officer (DPO), who took notice and referred the matter to the concerned police station.

The sources says that at least 13 people, mostly fathers of the victims, and some witnesses, had been nominated in the fresh cases lodged on June 29. In one such case, the mother of a victim has been nominated as an accused, they added.

All these cases have been registered under sections 213 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and 22- 2 (b) of the Anti Rape (Investigation and trial) Act 2001, on the report of ASI Imtiaz Ahmed of Kharian Saddar police station.

However, police sources say that no arrest could be made in these cases as further investigation was underway.

It is learnt that the rape cases under sections 375A and 376iii of PPC had been registered against different suspects by Kakrali police during the last few months of 2025.

Now the police have booked the complainants, victims and some witnesses in the aforementioned cases for giving statements in favour of the suspects after reconciliation with them.

In 2025, Gujrat police had lodged at least a dozen cases in different police stations of the district against the complainants in rape cases for withdrawing their statements.

arrested: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Gujranwala and Gujrat circles, claimed to have arrested at least 14 suspects allegedly involved in human trafficking and fraud cases during the last one week.

An FIA spokesperson says that during the last week, the FIA’s Gujranwala circle arrested nine suspects, whereas Gujrat circle arrested five suspects.

Meanwhile, at least 25 passports, cheque books and travel documents were also recovered from two travel agencies during an ongoing crackdown against human trafficking in the region.

The spokesman says that 10 alleged human traffickers, including two proclaimed offenders, involved in human trafficking have been arrested.

He says that one of the arrested suspects, Adnan Saleem, had allegedly received Rs7 million from a man on the pretext of sending him to Spain. Those arrested, he says, are collectively involved in Rs30m financial scam.

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2026