RAWALPINDI, June 6: A young girl was allegedly raped by her two stepbrothers and a cousin at gunpoint after being kidnapped from her Sadiqabad house, police said.

The rape victim, the only daughter of her poor father from his first wife, managed to escape from the confinement of her stepmother and her two sons after 12 days and reached Faizabad bus stand and contacted her father.

The father of the victim told police that he contracted second marriage with the cousin of his first wife.

He said a few days back when he returned home from his work he found his daughter and her stepmother missing.

While he was searching for his missing wife and daughter, he was informed by one of his relatives that both of them had gone to Lahore.

He said his daughter returned home on Sunday after 12 days and narrated her ordeal.

He said in his complaint that his daughter was detained in a house where she was allegedly raped at gunpoint by her two stepbrothers and their cousin.

She in her initial statement said that after getting a chance on Sunday she escaped and reached her father's house.

Police said the victim will be produced before the court of civil judge on Tuesday for her statement. However, the culprits are yet to be arrested by the police.

Meanwhile, a 23-year-old man was shot dead by two gunmen in Khurram colony Sadiqabad on Monday night, police said.

Preliminary police report suggested that the young man was a cable operator.

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