TOBA TEK SINGH: Gojra Sadar police registered on Sunday a case against a rickshaw driver for allegedly raping a college student some two months back, taking her nude pictures and blackmailing her.

The mother of the second-year student in her complaint submitted to the police said her 17-year-old daughter ‘K’ studied at the Government Women Degree College, Gojra. She had hired a rickshaw to pick and drop her daughter, she added.

She said on the last day before summer vacation started, the suspect rickshaw driver, a resident of the same village, took her daughter to a deserted place on her way back home from college.

She said the suspect not only subjected her daughter to rape but also took her nude photos with his mobile phone camera, threatening her that if she told anyone about the incident he would post the pictures on social media.

The complainant said that after the summer vacation ended her daughter refused to go to college with the suspect and revealed the incident of rape to her.

The police after registration of a case, were looking for the suspect who reportedly fled the village.

ARRESTED: Gojra Saddar and Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) police claimed to have arrested a suspect on Sunday in the wee hours and recovered a snatched car following an ‘encounter’, while his accomplice managed to flee.

A police official claimed two suspects pretended to be passengers and hired a taxi for Jhang. On their return when they were near Chak 430-JB on Jhang-Gojra road, they threw the taxi driver out of the car and made off with it.

On receiving information, PHP police followed the suspects and an encounter ensued. Later, Saddar police also joined in and they arrested one of the suspects and recovered the car.

Police did not disclose the identity of the arrested suspect and were conducting raids to arrest his accomplice.

GUTTED: A house was gutted in Chak 326-GB near Shorkot Cantonment on Sunday.

Former councillor Salamat Ali said a fire broke out in his house due to a short circuit.

Fire fighters were called from Toba and Shorkot, but his entire house was reduced to ashes before the fire could be doused.

Published in Dawn, August 22nd, 2016