HARIPUR: A sub-inspector of the police was arrested and booked for allegedly raping a woman here on Friday.

The Sera-i-Saleh police registered a criminal case against their sub-inspector, Aqeebat Shah, under section 376 of the PPC, on the complaint of the woman, a resident of Wah cantonment.

She insisted that she was stopped by the SI on the Donali bridge on Feb 14 night when she was traveling to Wah cantonment area from Abbottabad in her vehicle along with daughter and driver.

The woman added that the SI first kept them there for two hours, smashed the car’s number plate, snatched her mobile and took the car to an unidentified place, where she was sexually assaulted.

She said she later reported the assault to the Serae Saleh police, who registered a criminal case against the SI and arrested him.

The police later carried out the woman’s medical examination.

When contacted, Serae Saleh police station SHO Siddique Shah confirmed the arrest and booking of the SI and said the suspect would be produced in the court of judicial magistrate on Saturday (today) for physical remand.

He said though the Forensic Science Laboratory’s report was awaited, the woman’s initial examination showed ‘no evidence of rape during the last five days’.

The SHO said a committee had also been formed to submit a report on the matter to the DPO in the next five days.

Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2018